diff --git a/upstart-jobs/tomcat.nix b/upstart-jobs/tomcat.nix
index ad4736386d9a..233da6abe384 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/tomcat.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/tomcat.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ in
 
     end script
     
-    respawn ${pkgs.su}/bin/su -s ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh ${cfg.user} -c 'CATALINA_BASE=${cfg.baseDir} JAVA_HOME=${pkgs.jdk} JAVA_OPTS="${cfg.javaOpts}" CATALINA_OPTS="${cfg.catalinaOpts}" ${pkgs.tomcat6}/bin/startup.sh; sleep 1d'
+    respawn ${pkgs.su}/bin/su -s ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh ${cfg.user} -c 'CATALINA_BASE=${cfg.baseDir} JAVA_HOME=${pkgs.jdk} JAVA_OPTS="${cfg.javaOpts}" CATALINA_OPTS="${cfg.catalinaOpts}" ${pkgs.tomcat6}/bin/startup.sh; sleep 1000d'
     
     stop script
         echo "Stopping tomcat..."