diff --git a/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2 b/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2
index 49d6b422ee..9f8aed7e7a 100644
--- a/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2
+++ b/deploy/nginx.conf.jinja2
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ http {
             proxy_pass         http://studio;
             proxy_redirect     off;
             proxy_set_header   Host $host;
-            proxy_read_timeout 300s;
+            proxy_read_timeout 100s;
         }
 
         location /content/ {