diff --git a/asu/api.py b/asu/api.py
index dc7f3940..5d60350c 100644
--- a/asu/api.py
+++ b/asu/api.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def api_v1_build_post():
             job_id=request_hash,
             result_ttl=result_ttl,
             failure_ttl=failure_ttl,
-            job_timeout="10m",
+            job_timeout=current_app.config["GLOBAL_TIMEOUT"] or "10m",
         )
     else:
         if job.is_finished:
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def api_build_post():
             job_id=request_hash,
             result_ttl=result_ttl,
             failure_ttl=failure_ttl,
-            job_timeout="10m",
+            job_timeout=current_app.config["GLOBAL_TIMEOUT"] or "10m",
         )
 
     return return_job(job)
diff --git a/asu/asu.py b/asu/asu.py
index d3e47c84..312466ef 100644
--- a/asu/asu.py
+++ b/asu/asu.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def create_app(test_config: dict = None) -> Flask:
         BRANCHES_FILE=getenv("BRANCHES_FILE"),
         MAX_CUSTOM_ROOTFS_SIZE_MB=100,
         REPOSITORY_ALLOW_LIST=[],
+        GLOBAL_TIMEOUT=getenv("GLOBAL_TIMEOUT") or "10m"
     )
 
     if not test_config:
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def overview():
                 "REPOSITORY_ALLOW_LIST": app.config["REPOSITORY_ALLOW_LIST"],
                 "REDIS_URL": app.config["REDIS_URL"],
             },
-            job_timeout="10m",
+            job_timeout=app.config["GLOBAL_TIMEOUT"],
         )
 
     return app
diff --git a/asu/janitor.py b/asu/janitor.py
index e5bb0546..42d5531a 100644
--- a/asu/janitor.py
+++ b/asu/janitor.py
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@
 from asu import __version__
 from asu.common import get_redis_client, is_modified
 
+from pathlib import Path
+import importlib.util
+
+for config_file in ["/etc/asu/config.py", "misc/config.py"]:
+    if Path(config_file).exists():
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("spec", config_file)
+        settings = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        spec.loader.exec_module(settings)
+        break
+
 bp = Blueprint("janitor", __name__)
 
 session = requests.Session()
@@ -235,8 +245,8 @@ def update(config):
         logging.exception("Failed to update")
 
     Queue(connection=get_redis_client(config)).enqueue_in(
-        timedelta(minutes=10),
+        timedelta(minutes=hasattr(settings, 'GLOBAL_TIMEOUT') and int(settings.GLOBAL_TIMEOUT[:-1]) or 10),
         update,
         config,
-        job_timeout="10m",
+        job_timeout=hasattr(settings, 'GLOBAL_TIMEOUT') and settings.GLOBAL_TIMEOUT or "10m",
     )
diff --git a/misc/config.py b/misc/config.py
index 7a861aac..63f66465 100644
--- a/misc/config.py
+++ b/misc/config.py
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@
 
 # where to downlaod the images from
 # UPSTREAM_PATH = "https://downloads.openwrt.org"
+
+# global operations timeout (used in downloading the requested imagebuilder and updating of profiles.json)
+# GLOBAL_TIMEOUT = "30m"