diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/cloud/services/fetch.ts b/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/cloud/services/fetch.ts
index f7e7692227..d5c7cf8a94 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/cloud/services/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/cloud/services/fetch.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ export class FetchService extends Service {
     });
 
     const timeout = init?.timeout ?? 15000;
-    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
-      abortController.abort('timeout');
-    }, timeout);
+    const timeoutId =
+      timeout > 0
+        ? setTimeout(() => {
+            abortController.abort(new Error('timeout after ' + timeout + 'ms'));
+          }, timeout)
+        : undefined;
 
     let res: Response;
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/media/entities/audio-transcription-job-store.ts b/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/media/entities/audio-transcription-job-store.ts
index a8788257e8..b9a61459d2 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/media/entities/audio-transcription-job-store.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/modules/media/entities/audio-transcription-job-store.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class AudioTranscriptionJobStore extends Entity<{
     }
     const files = await this.props.getAudioFiles();
     const response = await graphqlService.gql({
-      timeout: 600_000, // default 15s is too short for audio transcription
+      timeout: 0, // default 15s is too short for audio transcription
       query: submitAudioTranscriptionMutation,
       variables: {
         workspaceId: this.currentWorkspaceId,