diff --git a/roles/easyredmine/files/ebrc_tasks.rake b/roles/easyredmine/files/ebrc_tasks.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c780e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/easyredmine/files/ebrc_tasks.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace :eupathdb do
+
+  desc 'Fetch changesets from the repositories. Same as redmine:fetch_changesets but with added timeout'
+  task :fetch_changesets => :environment do
+    Timeout.timeout(120) do
+      Repository.fetch_changesets
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml b/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml
index 26219d3..fbc0775 100644
--- a/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml
+++ b/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
         owner='{{ redmine_owner }}'
   become: yes
 
+- name: install ebrc_tasks.rake
+  copy: dest='{{ redmine_root_dir }}/lib/tasks/ebrc_tasks.rake'
+        src='ebrc_tasks.rake'
+        owner='{{ redmine_owner }}'
+  become: yes
+
 - name: install additional_environment.rb
   copy: dest='{{ redmine_root_dir }}/config/additional_environment.rb'
         src='additional_environment.rb'
diff --git a/roles/easyredmine/templates/redmine_fetch_changesets.j2 b/roles/easyredmine/templates/redmine_fetch_changesets.j2
index 02f7dc3..d776a6e 100755
--- a/roles/easyredmine/templates/redmine_fetch_changesets.j2
+++ b/roles/easyredmine/templates/redmine_fetch_changesets.j2
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 cd {{ redmine_root_dir }}
 
 /usr/local/bin/bundle exec rake \
-  redmine:fetch_changesets \
+  eupathdb:fetch_changesets \
   RAILS_ENV="production"