diff --git a/scraibe/localai_client.py b/scraibe/localai_client.py
index 714c5a7..dc873e2 100644
--- a/scraibe/localai_client.py
+++ b/scraibe/localai_client.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class LocalAIClient:
         api_url: Optional[str] = None,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         model: Optional[str] = None,
-        timeout: float = 600.0,
+        timeout: float = 3600.0,
     ):
         """
         Args:
diff --git a/scraibe/summarizer.py b/scraibe/summarizer.py
index e2d72bd..a61c1fb 100644
--- a/scraibe/summarizer.py
+++ b/scraibe/summarizer.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class SummarizerClient:
         api_url: Optional[str] = None,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         model: Optional[str] = None,
-        timeout: float = 600.0,
+        timeout: float = 3600.0,
     ):
         self.api_url = (api_url or os.getenv("SUMMARIZER_API_URL")).strip().rstrip("/")
         self.api_key = api_key or os.getenv("SUMMARIZER_API_KEY") or None
diff --git a/scraibe/tasks.py b/scraibe/tasks.py
index 78d18fc..df605f3 100644
--- a/scraibe/tasks.py
+++ b/scraibe/tasks.py
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ def send_error_email(to: str, error_message: str, task_id: str):
     name="scraibe.tasks.process_transcription_task",
     bind=True,
     max_retries=1,
+    task_time_limit=14400,  # 4 hours
+    task_soft_time_limit=13500,  # warn at 3h45m
 )
 def process_transcription_task(
     self,