diff --git a/apps/meta-war/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/apps/meta-war/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 5b22fe2c1..3fb4a4788 100644
--- a/apps/meta-war/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/apps/meta-war/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 shrine {
   metaData {
     ping = "pong"
   }
+  messagequeue {
+    receiveWaitTime = "15 seconds"
+  }
 }
 
 //todo typesafe config precedence seems to do the right thing, but I haven't found the rules that say this reference.conf should override others
 akka {
   loglevel = INFO
 
   //  log-config-on-start = on
   loggers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLogger"]
   //  logging-filter = "akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLoggingFilter"
   // Toggles whether the threads created by this ActorSystem should be daemons or not
   daemonic = on
 }
 
 spray.servlet {
   boot-class = "net.shrine.metadata.Boot"
   request-timeout = 30s
 }