diff --git a/config/app_queue.php b/config/app_queue.php
index 4e76e21db4..03c52b9acc 100644
--- a/config/app_queue.php
+++ b/config/app_queue.php
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         'defaultworkertimeout' => 120,
 
         // seconds of running time after which the worker will terminate (0 = unlimited)
-        'workermaxruntime' => 20*60,
+        // 'workermaxruntime' => 20*60,
+        'workermaxruntime' => 20*60 -10, # -10: temporary workaround https://github.com/Tatoeba/tatoeba2/pull/2965
 
         // minimum time (in seconds) which a task remains in the database before being cleaned up.
         'cleanuptimeout' => 2000,