diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index fe18aef5..0b0b81a0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -35,21 +35,52 @@ jobs:
   
     - run:
         name: set version and build the rpm
+        no_output_timeout: 20m
         command: |
-          set -x
+          set -ex
+
+          heartbeat() {
+            label="$1"
+            while true; do
+              echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] still running: ${label}"
+              sleep 60
+            done
+          }
+
+          run_with_heartbeat() {
+            label="$1"
+            shift
+
+            echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] starting: ${label}"
+            heartbeat "${label}" &
+            heartbeat_pid=$!
+
+            "$@"
+            status=$?
+
+            kill "${heartbeat_pid}" 2>/dev/null || true
+            wait "${heartbeat_pid}" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+            echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] finished: ${label} (exit ${status})"
+            return ${status}
+          }
+
           version=$(cat VERSION)
           echo "${version}.${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM}" > VERSION
-          make rpm
+          run_with_heartbeat "make rpm" make rpm
 
           git config user.email "dev@objectrocket.com"
           git config user.name "objectrocketdev"
           git tag -a $(cat VERSION) -m "Tagged by ${CIRCLE_BUILD_URL}" HEAD
           rpm -qa | grep ssh
           rpm -ql libssh2-1.4.2-2.el6_7.1.x86_64
-          git push --tags origin
+          run_with_heartbeat "git push --tags origin" git push --tags origin -vv
 
+          echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] creating artifact directory: mongodb_consistent_backup_rpm"
           mkdir mongodb_consistent_backup_rpm
+          echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] copying rpm artifact from /root/repo/build/rpm/RPMS/x86_64/mongodb_consistent_backup-$(cat VERSION)-1.el6.x86_64.rpm"
           cp /root/repo/build/rpm/RPMS/x86_64/mongodb_consistent_backup-$(cat VERSION)-1.el6.x86_64.rpm mongodb_consistent_backup_rpm/
+          echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] artifact copy complete"
 
     - save_cache:
         paths:
@@ -59,4 +90,3 @@ jobs:
     - store_artifacts:
         path: mongodb_consistent_backup_rpm
         destination: mongodb_consistent_backup
-
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4ea2b1f4..ac9f79ca 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.9
+1.4.10
diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Replication/__init__.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Replication/__init__.py
index ae4d1189..d289a619 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Replication/__init__.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Replication/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 def config(parser):
-    parser.add_argument("--replication.max_lag_secs", dest="replication.max_lag_secs", default=10, type=int,
+    parser.add_argument("--replication.max_lag_secs", dest="replication.max_lag_secs", default=20, type=int,
                         help="Max lag of backup replica(s) in seconds (default: 10)")
     parser.add_argument("--replication.min_priority", dest="replication.min_priority", default=0, type=int,
                         help="Min priority of secondary members for backup (default: 0)")