diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/README.md b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/README.md
index 16eee5609108e..732653c6932fc 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/README.md
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Source plugin for pulling data (including images) into Gatsby from Drupal sites.
 
-Pulls data from Drupal 8 sites with the
+It pulls data from Drupal 8 sites with the
 [Drupal JSONAPI module](https://www.drupal.org/project/jsonapi) installed.
 
 An example site built with the headless Drupal distro
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/gatsby-node.js
index 14b961e1e9a16..ed65d5419dfa9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ async function worker([url, options]) {
   const response = await got(url, {
     agent,
     cache: false,
+    timeout: {
+      // Occasionally requests to Drupal stall. Set a 15s timeout to retry in this case.
+      request: 15000,
+    },
     // request: http2wrapper.auto,
     // http2: true,
     ...options,
@@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ ${JSON.stringify(webhookBody, null, 4)}`
 
     // lastFetched isn't set so do a full rebuild.
     if (!lastFetched) {
-      setPluginStatus({ lastFetched: new Date().getTime() })
+      setPluginStatus({ lastFetched: Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000) })
       requireFullRebuild = true
     } else {
       const drupalFetchIncrementalActivity = reporter.activityTimer(
@@ -272,7 +276,11 @@ ${JSON.stringify(webhookBody, null, 4)}`
       try {
         // Hit fastbuilds endpoint with the lastFetched date.
         const res = await requestQueue.push([
-          urlJoin(baseUrl, `gatsby-fastbuilds/sync/`, lastFetched.toString()),
+          urlJoin(
+            baseUrl,
+            `gatsby-fastbuilds/sync/`,
+            Math.floor(lastFetched).toString()
+          ),
           {
             username: basicAuth.username,
             password: basicAuth.password,
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/utils.js b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/utils.js
index 858d861db447e..ebd51f4a71478 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/src/utils.js
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ ${JSON.stringify(nodeToUpdate, null, 4)}
     node.internal.contentDigest = createContentDigest(node)
     createNode(node)
     reporter.log(
-      `Updated Gatsby node: id: ${node.id} — type: ${node.internal.type}`
+      `Updated Gatsby node — id: ${node.id} type: ${node.internal.type}`
     )
   }
 }