diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 82ade05..db9c024 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ localai_api_keys:
 localai_watchdog_idle: "false"
 localai_watchdog_idle_timeout: "15m"
 localai_watchdog_busy: "true"
+localai_watchdog_busy_timeout: "10m"
 localai_image_tag: latest-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13
 localai_debug: "false"
 localai_p2p: "false"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ec114b0..8f9014d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
             value: "{{ localai_watchdog_idle_timeout }}"
           - name: LOCALAI_WATCHDOG_BUSY
             value: "{{ localai_watchdog_busy }}"
+          - name: LOCALAI_WATCHDOG_BUSY_TIMEOUT
+            value: "{{ localai_watchdog_busy_timeout }}"
           - name: DEBUG
             value: "{{ localai_debug }}"
           - name: LOCALAI_P2P