diff --git a/examples/base/main.go b/examples/base/main.go
index 7af1d144..04b8f1dc 100644
--- a/examples/base/main.go
+++ b/examples/base/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/apis"
@@ -52,6 +53,14 @@ func main() {
 		"fallback the request to index.html on missing static path (eg. when pretty urls are used with SPA)",
 	)
 
+	var queryTimeout int
+	app.RootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(
+		&queryTimeout,
+		"queryTimeout",
+		30,
+		"the default SELECT queries timeout in seconds",
+	)
+
 	app.RootCmd.ParseFlags(os.Args[1:])
 
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -70,6 +79,11 @@ func main() {
 		Dir:          migrationsDir,
 	})
 
+	app.OnAfterBootstrap().Add(func(e *core.BootstrapEvent) error {
+		app.Dao().ModelQueryTimeout = time.Duration(queryTimeout) * time.Second
+		return nil
+	})
+
 	app.OnBeforeServe().Add(func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
 		// serves static files from the provided public dir (if exists)
 		e.Router.GET("/*", apis.StaticDirectoryHandler(os.DirFS(publicDir), indexFallback))