diff --git a/backend/pkg/db/postgres/connector.go b/backend/pkg/db/postgres/connector.go
index 37e09f812..0c0b73341 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/db/postgres/connector.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/db/postgres/connector.go
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool"
 )
 
+func getTimeoutContext() context.Context {
+	ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(time.Second*10))
+	return ctx
+}
+
 type Conn struct {
 	c *pgxpool.Pool  // TODO: conditional usage of Pool/Conn (use interface?)
 }
@@ -26,15 +31,15 @@ func (conn *Conn) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (conn *Conn) query(sql string, args ...interface{}) (pgx.Rows, error) {
-	return conn.c.Query(context.Background(), sql, args...)
+	return conn.c.Query(getTimeoutContext(), sql, args...)
 }
 
 func (conn *Conn) queryRow(sql string, args ...interface{}) pgx.Row {
-	return conn.c.QueryRow(context.Background(), sql, args...)
+	return conn.c.QueryRow(getTimeoutContext(), sql, args...)
 }
 
 func (conn *Conn) exec(sql string, args ...interface{}) error {
-	_, err := conn.c.Exec(context.Background(), sql, args...)
+	_, err := conn.c.Exec(getTimeoutContext(), sql, args...)
 	return err
 }