diff --git a/crates/local_backend/src/main.rs b/crates/local_backend/src/main.rs
index 5491b62fc..8411a150c 100644
--- a/crates/local_backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/local_backend/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use cmd_util::env::config_service;
 use common::{
     errors::MainError,
     http::ConvexHttpService,
+    knobs::HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT_DURATION,
     runtime::Runtime,
     sentry::set_sentry_tags,
     shutdown::ShutdownSignal,
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ async fn run_server_inner(runtime: ProdRuntime, config: LocalConfig) -> anyhow::
         "backend",
         SERVER_VERSION_STR.to_string(),
         MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS,
-        Duration::from_secs(125),
+        *HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT_DURATION,
         HttpActionRouteMapper,
     );
     let serve_http_future = http_service.serve(config.http_bind_address().into(), async move {
diff --git a/crates/local_backend/src/proxy.rs b/crates/local_backend/src/proxy.rs
index 5ab6382b4..23889a066 100644
--- a/crates/local_backend/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/crates/local_backend/src/proxy.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    net::SocketAddr,
-    time::Duration,
-};
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use axum::{
     extract::{
@@ -12,10 +9,13 @@ use axum::{
     routing::get,
     Router,
 };
-use common::http::{
-    ConvexHttpService,
-    HttpResponseError,
-    NoopRouteMapper,
+use common::{
+    http::{
+        ConvexHttpService,
+        HttpResponseError,
+        NoopRouteMapper,
+    },
+    knobs::HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT_DURATION,
 };
 use hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor;
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub async fn dev_site_proxy(
         "backend_http_proxy",
         "unknown".to_string(),
         4,
-        Duration::from_secs(125),
+        *HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT_DURATION,
         NoopRouteMapper,
     );
     let proxy_server = service.serve(addr.into(), async move {
diff --git a/self-hosted/docker/docker-compose.yml b/self-hosted/docker/docker-compose.yml
index cda24a406..1298157c0 100644
--- a/self-hosted/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/self-hosted/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
       - DISABLE_BEACON
       - DOCUMENT_RETENTION_DELAY=${DOCUMENT_RETENTION_DELAY:-172800} # Lower default document retention to 2 days
       - DO_NOT_REQUIRE_SSL
+      - HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
       - INSTANCE_NAME
       - INSTANCE_SECRET
       - MYSQL_URL