diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts
index 5a50e41ce..ef49bacac 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshAllFeeds.ts
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ export const queueRSSRefreshFeedJob = async (
   }
   return queue.add('refresh-feed', payload, {
     jobId: jobid,
-    removeOnComplete: true,
-    removeOnFail: true,
     priority: options.priority == 'low' ? 10 : 50,
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index b93b327d9..8eb4d40de 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ export const getBackendQueue = async (): Promise<Queue | undefined> => {
   }
   backendQueue = new Queue(QUEUE_NAME, {
     connection: redisDataSource.workerRedisClient,
+    defaultJobOptions: {
+      backoff: {
+        type: 'exponential',
+        delay: 2000, // 2 seconds
+      },
+      removeOnComplete: {
+        age: 24 * 3600, // keep up to 24 hours
+      },
+      removeOnFail: {
+        age: 7 * 24 * 3600, // keep up to 7 days
+      },
+    },
   })
   await backendQueue.waitUntilReady()
   return backendQueue
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index 3973d355c..3f9a6b70b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -666,8 +666,6 @@ export const enqueueTriggerRuleJob = async (data: TriggerRuleJobData) => {
   return queue.add(TRIGGER_RULE_JOB_NAME, data, {
     priority: 5,
     attempts: 1,
-    removeOnComplete: true,
-    removeOnFail: true,
   })
 }
 
@@ -680,8 +678,6 @@ export const enqueueWebhookJob = async (data: CallWebhookJobData) => {
   return queue.add(CALL_WEBHOOK_JOB_NAME, data, {
     priority: 5,
     attempts: 1,
-    removeOnComplete: true,
-    removeOnFail: true,
   })
 }
 
@@ -698,10 +694,6 @@ export const bulkEnqueueUpdateLabels = async (data: UpdateLabelsData[]) => {
       jobId: `${UPDATE_LABELS_JOB}_${d.libraryItemId}`,
       attempts: 6,
       priority: 1,
-      backoff: {
-        type: 'exponential',
-        delay: 1000,
-      },
     },
   }))
 
@@ -724,10 +716,6 @@ export const enqueueUpdateHighlight = async (data: UpdateHighlightData) => {
       jobId: `${UPDATE_HIGHLIGHT_JOB}_${data.libraryItemId}`,
       attempts: 6,
       priority: 1,
-      backoff: {
-        type: 'exponential',
-        delay: 1000,
-      },
     })
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('error enqueuing update highlight job', error)
@@ -747,8 +735,6 @@ export const enqueueBulkAction = async (data: BulkActionData) => {
       attempts: 1,
       priority: 10,
       jobId, // deduplication
-      removeOnComplete: true,
-      removeOnFail: true,
     })
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('error enqueuing bulk action job', error)