Azure SQL Read timeout

The following code

    var query = {
        identifier: identifier,
        state: commons.OTP_TOKEN_LIFECYCLE_STATES.UNUSED
    };

    this.store.where(query).take(1).read({
        success: function(results){
            console.log('Got some kickass randomness');
            resolve(results);
        },

        error:  function(err){
            console.log("Error while reading the data");
            console.error(err);
            reject({});
        }
    });

Fails giving a timeout on azure mobile backend services. This.table is a reference to the table "otp tokens".

I have tried many things from changing the node.js version to updating the mssql driver installed on the server. But IT NEVER WORKS.

More intrestingly writes are extremely fast.

I also added a logger to log "read" from the "otp tokens" table, to my surprise it never fires.

Anybody got an insight in what is going on ?