diff --git a/packages/backend/src/core/QueueService.ts b/packages/backend/src/core/QueueService.ts
index 99911f38a7..344ea2ab40 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/core/QueueService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/core/QueueService.ts
@@ -940,15 +940,6 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit {
 			data.type,
 			data,
 			{
-				removeOnComplete: {
-					age: 3600 * 24 * 7, // keep up to 7 days
-					count: 30,
-				},
-				removeOnFail: {
-					age: 3600 * 24 * 7, // keep up to 7 days
-					count: 100,
-				},
-
 				// https://docs.bullmq.io/guide/retrying-failing-jobs#custom-back-off-strategies
 				attempts: this.config.backgroundJobMaxAttempts ?? 8,
 				backoff: {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/queue/QueueProcessorService.ts b/packages/backend/src/queue/QueueProcessorService.ts
index b04d19618f..0124660227 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/queue/QueueProcessorService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/queue/QueueProcessorService.ts
@@ -591,6 +591,16 @@ export class QueueProcessorService implements OnApplicationShutdown {
 				settings: {
 					backoffStrategy: httpRelatedBackoff,
 				},
+				// Keep a lot of jobs, because this queue moves *fast*!
+				// https://docs.bullmq.io/guide/workers/auto-removal-of-jobs
+				removeOnComplete: {
+					age: 3600 * 24 * 7, // keep up to 7 days
+					count: 1000,
+				},
+				removeOnFail: {
+					age: 3600 * 24 * 7, // keep up to 7 days
+					count: 1000,
+				},
 			});
 			this.backgroundTaskWorker
 				.on('active', (job) => logger.debug(`active id=${job.id}`))