diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js
index e4cc7f8c72..a18d4c3c60 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const analyticsQueues = {}
 // useful to inspect recently completed jobs. The bull prometheus exporter also
 // uses the completed job records to report on job duration.
 const MAX_COMPLETED_JOBS_RETAINED = 10000
+const MAX_FAILED_JOBS_RETAINED = 50000
 
 function initialize() {
   if (Settings.analytics.enabled) {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function createQueue(queueName, defaultJobOptions) {
     redis: Settings.redis.queues,
     defaultJobOptions: {
       removeOnComplete: MAX_COMPLETED_JOBS_RETAINED,
+      removeOnFail: MAX_FAILED_JOBS_RETAINED,
       attempts: 11,
       backoff: {
         type: 'exponential',