diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 166da5348..e9bd6034c 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ http {
 	# timeout which a single keep-alive client connection will stay open
 	keepalive_timeout 69s;
 	# maximum time between packets nginx is allowed to pause when sending the client data
-	send_timeout 10s;
+	send_timeout 69s;
 
 	# number of requests per connection, does not affect SPDY
-	keepalive_requests 100;
+	keepalive_requests 1337;
 
 	# enable gzip compression
 	gzip on;
diff --git a/production/nginx/http-basic.conf b/production/nginx/http-basic.conf
index ce257591a..a79c73382 100644
--- a/production/nginx/http-basic.conf
+++ b/production/nginx/http-basic.conf
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ client_header_timeout 10s;
 # timeout which a single keep-alive client connection will stay open
 keepalive_timeout 69s;
 # maximum time between packets nginx is allowed to pause when sending the client data
-send_timeout 10s;
+send_timeout 69s;
 
 # number of requests per connection, does not affect SPDY
-keepalive_requests 100;
+keepalive_requests 1337;
 
 # enable gzip compression
 gzip on;