diff --git a/ml/digest-score/.gitignore b/ml/digest-score/.gitignore
index 139743217..6972bd423 100644
--- a/ml/digest-score/.gitignore
+++ b/ml/digest-score/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.pkl
+__pycache__
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
index 3260bd645..04708184b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/score.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ScoreClientImpl implements ScoreClient {
         headers: {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         },
-        timeout: 5000,
+        timeout: 20000, // 20 seconds
       })
 
       return response.data