diff --git a/apps/dashboard/next.config.js b/apps/dashboard/next.config.js
index 227373c9556..4c4c9f9483b 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/next.config.js
+++ b/apps/dashboard/next.config.js
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ const moduleExports = {
     emotion: true,
   },
   productionBrowserSourceMaps: false,
+  staticPageGenerationTimeout: 500,
 };
 
 const { withSentryConfig } = require("@sentry/nextjs");
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/[category]/page.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/[category]/page.tsx
index 7c2b20404f2..a7740584a30 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/[category]/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/[category]/page.tsx
@@ -144,6 +144,3 @@ export async function generateStaticParams() {
     params: { category },
   }));
 }
-
-// TODO - figure out why this page is not building if we let it be static
-export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/page.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/page.tsx
index c373595f296..65408c0596a 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/explore/page.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,3 @@ export default async function ExplorePage() {
     </div>
   );
 }
-
-// TODO - figure out why this page is not building if we let it be static
-export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";