diff --git a/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py b/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py
index 3e2d0bbc..225d58fc 100644
--- a/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py
+++ b/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py
@@ -185,18 +185,18 @@ except:
         f"ENGINE_DB_POOL_RECYCLE_SECONDS must be an integer: {ENGINE_DB_POOL_RECYCLE_SECONDS_RAW}"
     )
 
-ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW = os.environ.get(
-    "ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"
+ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS_RAW = os.environ.get(
+    "ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS"
 )
-ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 2 * ENGINE_DB_POOL_RECYCLE_SECONDS
+ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = 2 * 1000 * ENGINE_DB_POOL_RECYCLE_SECONDS
 try:
-    if ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW is not None:
-        ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = int(
-            ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW
+    if ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS_RAW is not None:
+        ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = int(
+            ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS_RAW
         )
 except:
     raise ValueError(
-        f"ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS must be an integer: {ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW}"
+        f"ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS must be an integer: {ENGINE_DB_IDLE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS_RAW}"
     )