diff --git a/src/summary/summary/core/celery_worker.py b/src/summary/summary/core/celery_worker.py
index 1652e0e0..f43709cc 100644
--- a/src/summary/summary/core/celery_worker.py
+++ b/src/summary/summary/core/celery_worker.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def post_with_retries(url, data):
         session.close()
 
 
-@celery.task(max_retries=1)
+@celery.task(max_retries=settings.celery_max_retries)
 def process_audio_transcribe_summarize(filename: str, email: str, sub: str):
     """Process an audio file by transcribing it and generating a summary.
 
diff --git a/src/summary/summary/core/config.py b/src/summary/summary/core/config.py
index bc88bd07..c9a50790 100644
--- a/src/summary/summary/core/config.py
+++ b/src/summary/summary/core/config.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Celery settings
     celery_broker_url: str = "redis://redis/0"
     celery_result_backend: str = "redis://redis/0"
+    celery_max_retries: int = 1
 
     # Minio settings
     aws_storage_bucket_name: str