diff --git a/internal/config/uploads.go b/internal/config/uploads.go
index 2785455..809c320 100644
--- a/internal/config/uploads.go
+++ b/internal/config/uploads.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const (
 	defaultTranscribeModel         = "iguana/kb-whisper"
 	defaultTranscribeFallbackModel = "berget/kb-whisper"
 	defaultTranscribeTimeout       = 60 * time.Minute
-	defaultTranscribeEngineTimeout = 25 * time.Minute
+	defaultTranscribeEngineTimeout = 20 * time.Minute
 	defaultMaxUploadedChars        = 90000
 	defaultUploadChatModel         = "iguana/gemma4-26b"
 )