diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3d0f7e4..1188bcc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ RUN pecl install igbinary-1.2.1 && \
 
 # Prevent newrelic daemon from auto-spawning; uses newrelic run.d script to enable at runtime, when ENV variables are present
 # @see https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/agents/php-agent/advanced-installation/starting-php-daemon-advanced
-RUN sed -i "s/;newrelic.daemon.dont_launch = 0/newrelic.daemon.dont_launch = 3/" /etc/php5/mods-available/newrelic.ini
+RUN sed -i "s/;newrelic.daemon.dont_launch = 0/newrelic.daemon.dont_launch = 3/" /etc/php5/mods-available/newrelic.ini && \
+    sed -i "s/listen = \(.*\)\+/listen = 127.0.0.1:9000/" /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
+# ^^ Configure php-fpm to use TCP rather than unix socket (for stability), fastcgi_pass is also set by /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
 
 # Perform cleanup, ensure unnecessary packages are removed
 RUN apt-get autoclean -y && \
diff --git a/container/root/etc/nginx/sites-available/default b/container/root/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
index c9b3537..b7334d1 100644
--- a/container/root/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
+++ b/container/root/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ server {
 
     include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
 
+    fastcgi_read_timeout 60;
+
     # IMPORTANT: PATH_INFO is set to empty string in this configuration
     fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
-    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
+    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
   }
 
   # Protect against accessing hidden files
diff --git a/container/root/etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/web.user.ini b/container/root/etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/web.user.ini
index 724a700..a5838fc 100644
--- a/container/root/etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/web.user.ini
+++ b/container/root/etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/web.user.ini
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 memory_limit = 192M
 max_execution_time = 60
+request_terminate_timeout=60
 
 ; TODO: Closes potential security hole, but doesn't allow ANY requests through
 ; @see [CAUSE] https://nealpoole.com/blog/2011/04/setting-up-php-fastcgi-and-nginx-dont-trust-the-tutorials-check-your-configuration/