diff --git a/.envs/.local/.django b/.envs/.local/.django
index e646e46eb..29780e680 100644
--- a/.envs/.local/.django
+++ b/.envs/.local/.django
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CELERY_BROKER_URL=amqp://rabbituser:rabbitpass@rabbitmq:5672/
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=rpc:// # Use RabbitMQ for results backend
 RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=rabbituser
 RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=rabbitpass
+RABBITMQ_SERVER_ADDITIONAL_ERL_ARGS=-rabbit consumer_timeout 604800000
 
 # Attempting to keep Flower from showing workers as offline
 # FLOWER_BROKER_API=REDIS_URL
diff --git a/.envs/.production/.django-example b/.envs/.production/.django-example
index f502030cc..a54d4ae60 100644
--- a/.envs/.production/.django-example
+++ b/.envs/.production/.django-example
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
 CELERY_FLOWER_USER=
 CELERY_FLOWER_PASSWORD=
 
+# RabbitMQ
+CELERY_BROKER_URL=
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=rpc:// # Use RabbitMQ for results backend
+RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=
+RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=
+RABBITMQ_SERVER_ADDITIONAL_ERL_ARGS=-rabbit consumer_timeout 604800000
+
 # Sendgrid
 SENDGRID_API_KEY=