diff --git a/dev/BulkLoader.php b/dev/BulkLoader.php
index 440fe7fb9..bcd0652e0 100644
--- a/dev/BulkLoader.php
+++ b/dev/BulkLoader.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ abstract class BulkLoader extends ViewableData {
 	 * @return BulkLoader_Result See {@link self::processAll()}
 	 */
 	public function load($filepath) {
-		ini_set('max_execution_time', 3600);
+		increase_time_limit_to(3600);
 		increase_memory_limit_to('512M');
 		
 		//get all instances of the to be imported data object