diff --git a/vs_starter/templates/docker-compose.yml b/vs_starter/templates/docker-compose.yml
index d20daff2677e3cd24bfddba653eac3bab64f4656..4f67ba122871c8f97b3fa2a30bae8991f7534c14 100644
--- a/vs_starter/templates/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/vs_starter/templates/docker-compose.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ services:
       DJANGO_SECRET_KEY_FILE: "/run/secrets/DJANGO_SECRET_KEY"
       GDAL_DISABLE_READDIR_ON_OPEN: "TRUE"
       CPL_VSIL_CURL_ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS: ".TIF,.tif,.xml"
+      WORKER_TIMEOUT: 3600
 {%- if slug in ["dem", "demF"] %}
       ENABLE_HTTP_ACCESS: "true"
 {%- endif %}