diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
index 6cb3e09a..7c7e9962 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # Source utils.sh for getFTLConfigValue(), getFTLPID()
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 . "${utilsfile}"
 
 
@@ -56,13 +57,16 @@ start() {
 stop() {
   if is_running; then
     kill "${FTL_PID}"
-    for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+    # Give FTL 60 seconds to gracefully stop
+    i=1
+    while [ "${i}" -le 60 ]; do
       if ! is_running; then
         break
       fi
 
       printf "."
       sleep 1
+      i=$((i + 1))
     done
     echo
 
diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd
index 0a3d270e..fcbb8d8d 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStopPost=/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
 
 # Use graceful shutdown with a reasonable timeout
-TimeoutStopSec=10s
+TimeoutStopSec=60s
 
 # Make /usr, /boot, /etc and possibly some more folders read-only...
 ProtectSystem=full