diff --git a/modules/announcements.php b/modules/announcements.php
index a98fb309..5d3a10a8 100644
--- a/modules/announcements.php
+++ b/modules/announcements.php
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class announcements extends module_base
 						AND topic_moved_id = 0
 						' . $post_time . '
 						' . $str_where;
-					$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 300);
+					$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 30);
 					$total_announcements = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('num_topics');
 					$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 			}
diff --git a/modules/birthday_list.php b/modules/birthday_list.php
index 9fb839f3..7e19ae5a 100644
--- a/modules/birthday_list.php
+++ b/modules/birthday_list.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class birthday_list extends module_base
 				'ORDER BY'	=> $order_by,
 			);
 			$sql = $this->db->sql_build_query('SELECT', $sql_array);
-			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 3600);
+			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 300);
 			$today = sprintf('%2d-%2d-', $now['mday'], $now['mon']);
 
 			while ($row = $this->db->sql_fetchrow($result))
diff --git a/modules/news.php b/modules/news.php
index de37e3df..5fbf9de7 100644
--- a/modules/news.php
+++ b/modules/news.php
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class news extends module_base
 						AND topic_visibility = ' . ITEM_APPROVED . '
 						AND topic_moved_id = 0
 						' . $str_where;
-					$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 300);
+					$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 30);
 					$total_news = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('num_topics');
 					$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 			}
diff --git a/portal/fetch_posts.php b/portal/fetch_posts.php
index 8931fe3b..d99e3046 100644
--- a/portal/fetch_posts.php
+++ b/portal/fetch_posts.php
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ class fetch_posts
 		$sql_array['SELECT'] .= ', tp.topic_posted';
 		$sql = $this->db->sql_build_query('SELECT', $sql_array);
 
-		// Cache queries for 10 minutes
+		// Cache queries for 30 seconds
 		if ($number_of_posts != 0)
 		{
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $number_of_posts, $start, 600);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 600);
+			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql, 30);
 		}
 
 		return $result;