diff --git a/app/models/job/Worker.scala b/app/models/job/Worker.scala
index 174e02fb6c6..ded33b2ec28 100644
--- a/app/models/job/Worker.scala
+++ b/app/models/job/Worker.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.scalableminds.util.objectid.ObjectId
 import com.scalableminds.util.time.Instant
 import com.scalableminds.util.tools.Fox
 import com.scalableminds.webknossos.datastore.helpers.IntervalScheduler
+import com.scalableminds.webknossos.datastore.storage.TemporaryStore
 import com.scalableminds.webknossos.schema.Tables._
 import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import models.job.JobCommand.JobCommand
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ class WorkerService @Inject()(conf: WkConf) {
 class WorkerLivenessService @Inject()(workerService: WorkerService,
                                       workerDAO: WorkerDAO,
                                       slackNotificationService: SlackNotificationService,
+                                      reportedAsDeadTemporaryStore: TemporaryStore[ObjectId, Unit],
+                                      conf: WkConf,
                                       val lifecycle: ApplicationLifecycle,
                                       val actorSystem: ActorSystem)(implicit val ec: ExecutionContext)
     extends IntervalScheduler
@@ -117,32 +120,33 @@ class WorkerLivenessService @Inject()(workerService: WorkerService,
       _ = workers.foreach(reportIfLivenessChanged)
     } yield ()
 
-  private val reportedAsDead: scala.collection.mutable.Set[ObjectId] = scala.collection.mutable.Set()
-
   private def reportIfLivenessChanged(worker: Worker): Unit = {
     val heartBeatIsRecent = workerService.lastHeartBeatIsRecent(worker)
-    if (!heartBeatIsRecent && !reportedAsDead.contains(worker._id)) {
+    if (!heartBeatIsRecent && !reportedAsDeadTemporaryStore.contains(worker._id)) {
       reportAsDead(worker)
-      reportedAsDead.add(worker._id)
+      reportedAsDeadTemporaryStore.insert(worker._id, (), to = Some(conf.Jobs.workerLivenessReReportInterval))
     }
-    if (heartBeatIsRecent && reportedAsDead.contains(worker._id)) {
+    if (heartBeatIsRecent && reportedAsDeadTemporaryStore.contains(worker._id)) {
       reportAsResurrected(worker)
-      reportedAsDead.remove(worker._id)
+      reportedAsDeadTemporaryStore.remove(worker._id)
     }
   }
 
   private def reportAsDead(worker: Worker): Unit = {
     val msg =
-      s"Worker ${worker.name} (${worker._id}) is not reporting. Last heartbeat was at ${worker.lastHeartBeat}"
+      s"Worker ${worker.name} (${worker._id}) is not reporting. ${formatHeartbeat(worker)}"
     slackNotificationService.warn("Worker missing", msg)
     logger.warn(msg)
   }
 
   private def reportAsResurrected(worker: Worker): Unit = {
     val msg =
-      s"Worker ${worker.name} (${worker._id}) is reporting again. Last heartbeat was at ${worker.lastHeartBeat}"
+      s"Worker ${worker.name} (${worker._id}) is reporting again. ${formatHeartbeat(worker)}"
     slackNotificationService.success("Worker return", msg)
     logger.info(msg)
   }
 
+  private def formatHeartbeat(worker: Worker): String =
+    f"Last heartbeat was at ${worker.lastHeartBeat} (${formatDuration(Instant.since(worker.lastHeartBeat))} ago)"
+
 }
diff --git a/app/utils/WkConf.scala b/app/utils/WkConf.scala
index 544aa1870c7..92a09206f58 100644
--- a/app/utils/WkConf.scala
+++ b/app/utils/WkConf.scala
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ class WkConf @Inject()(configuration: Configuration, certificateValidationServic
 
   object Jobs {
     val workerLivenessTimeout: FiniteDuration = get[FiniteDuration]("jobs.workerLivenessTimeout")
+    val workerLivenessReReportInterval: FiniteDuration = get[FiniteDuration]("jobs.workerLivenessReReportInterval")
     val monthlyFreeCredits: Int = get[Int]("jobs.monthlyFreeCredits")
   }
 
diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index b397c04350e..0e5b2074178 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ silhouette {
 # Execute long-running jobs
 jobs {
   workerLivenessTimeout = 1 minute
+  workerLivenessReReportInterval = 1 hour
   monthlyFreeCredits = 2
 }