diff --git a/modules/servers/atticd.nix b/modules/servers/atticd.nix
index 7615b85..c111e13 100644
--- a/modules/servers/atticd.nix
+++ b/modules/servers/atticd.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ in
       settings = {
         listen = "[::]:${toString cfg.port}";
         jwt = { };
+        database.heartbeat = 300; # 5 minutes
         chunking = {
           nar-size-threshold = 64 * 1024; # 64 KiB
           min-size = 16 * 1024; # 16 KiB
@@ -33,5 +34,12 @@ in
         };
       };
     };
+    systemd.services.atticd = {
+      serviceConfig = {
+        TimeoutStartSec = "15min";
+        TimeoutStopSec = "5min";
+        MemoryMax = "4G";
+      };
+    };
   };
 }