diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-import-cronjob.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-import-cronjob.yaml
index 7883dd0be..71b040b1a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-import-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-import-cronjob.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ metadata:
   name: lapis-silo-import-cronjob-{{ $key }}
 spec:
   schedule: "* * * * *"
+  startingDeadlineSeconds: 60
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
   jobTemplate:
     spec:
+      activeDeadlineSeconds: {{ $.Values.siloImportLimitSeconds }}
       template:
         metadata:
           labels:
@@ -73,5 +75,5 @@ spec:
             - name: lapis-silo-input-data-cache
               persistentVolumeClaim:
                 claimName: lapis-silo-input-data-cache-{{ $key }}
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+          restartPolicy: Never
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml
index 192a3f103..8c15d9944 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ environment: server
 disableWebsite: false
 disableBackend: false
 disablePreprocessing: false
+siloImportLimitSeconds: 3600
 instances:
   dummy-organism:
     schema: