diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
index af2ec6dbaa..a8add7ecb6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class InMemoryQueue {
    * @param opts This is not used by the in memory queue as there is no real use
    * case when in memory, but is the same API as Bull
    */
-  constructor(name: string, opts = null) {
+  constructor(name: string, opts?: any) {
     this._name = name
     this._opts = opts
     this._messages = []
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
index 0658147709..c6b02921bf 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ import env from "../environment"
 import { getRedisOptions } from "../redis/utils"
 import { JobQueue } from "./constants"
 import InMemoryQueue from "./inMemoryQueue"
-import BullQueue from "bull"
+import BullQueue, { QueueOptions } from "bull"
 import { addListeners, StalledFn } from "./listeners"
 import * as timers from "../timers"
+import * as Redis from "ioredis"
 
+// the queue lock is held for 5 minutes
+const QUEUE_LOCK_MS = 300000
+// queue lock is refreshed every 30 seconds
+const QUEUE_LOCK_RENEW_INTERNAL_MS = 30000
+// cleanup the queue every 60 seconds
 const CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS = 60 * 1000
 let QUEUES: BullQueue.Queue[] | InMemoryQueue[] = []
 let cleanupInterval: NodeJS.Timeout
@@ -21,7 +27,14 @@ export function createQueue<T>(
   opts: { removeStalledCb?: StalledFn } = {}
 ): BullQueue.Queue<T> {
   const { opts: redisOpts, redisProtocolUrl } = getRedisOptions()
-  const queueConfig: any = redisProtocolUrl || { redis: redisOpts }
+  const queueConfig: QueueOptions = {
+    redis: redisProtocolUrl! || (redisOpts as Redis.RedisOptions),
+    settings: {
+      maxStalledCount: 0,
+      lockDuration: QUEUE_LOCK_MS,
+      lockRenewTime: QUEUE_LOCK_RENEW_INTERNAL_MS,
+    },
+  }
   let queue: any
   if (!env.isTest()) {
     queue = new BullQueue(jobQueue, queueConfig)