diff --git a/controllers/libs/base/probes.go b/controllers/libs/base/probes.go
index 74f1216..49a65d7 100644
--- a/controllers/libs/base/probes.go
+++ b/controllers/libs/base/probes.go
@@ -100,3 +100,8 @@ func MkStartupHTTPProbe(path string, port int) *apiv1.Probe {
 		}}
 	return mkStartupProbe(handler)
 }
+
+func SlowStartingProbe(probe *apiv1.Probe) {
+	probe.PeriodSeconds = 60
+	probe.FailureThreshold = 60
+}
diff --git a/controllers/zuul.go b/controllers/zuul.go
index 597a346..e9938e2 100644
--- a/controllers/zuul.go
+++ b/controllers/zuul.go
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ func (r *SFController) EnsureZuulScheduler(cfg *ini.File) bool {
 	zs.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe = base.MkReadinessHTTPProbe("/health/ready", zuulPrometheusPort)
 	zs.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe = base.MkLiveHTTPProbe("/health/live", zuulPrometheusPort)
 	zs.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].StartupProbe = base.MkStartupHTTPProbe("/health/ready", zuulPrometheusPort)
+	base.SlowStartingProbe(zs.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].StartupProbe)
 	zs.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Ports = []apiv1.ContainerPort{
 		base.MkContainerPort(zuulPrometheusPort, ZuulPrometheusPortName),
 	}
@@ -745,6 +746,7 @@ func (r *SFController) EnsureZuulWeb(cfg *ini.File) bool {
 	zw.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe = base.MkReadinessHTTPProbe("/api/info", zuulWEBPort)
 	zw.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe = base.MkLiveHTTPProbe("/api/info", zuulWEBPort)
 	zw.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].StartupProbe = base.MkStartupHTTPProbe("/api/info", zuulWEBPort)
+	base.SlowStartingProbe(zw.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].StartupProbe)
 	zw.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Ports = []apiv1.ContainerPort{
 		base.MkContainerPort(zuulPrometheusPort, ZuulPrometheusPortName),
 	}
diff --git a/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md
index bed5aee..01bab6a 100644
--- a/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/reference/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Removed
 
 - log forwarding - remove support for the HTTP input.
+- zuul - Increased Zuul Scheduler and Zuul Web Startup Probes Time
 
 ### Changed
 ### Fixed