diff --git a/deployment/lambda/extractor_and_loader/extractor_and_loader_lambda.tf b/deployment/lambda/extractor_and_loader/extractor_and_loader_lambda.tf
index ef1c07c..9965b73 100644
--- a/deployment/lambda/extractor_and_loader/extractor_and_loader_lambda.tf
+++ b/deployment/lambda/extractor_and_loader/extractor_and_loader_lambda.tf
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ data "aws_ecr_repository" "extractor_and_loader" {
 # SQS queue for extractor_and_loader
 resource "aws_sqs_queue" "extractor_and_loader_queue" {
   name = "extractor-loader-queue"
+  visibility_timeout_seconds = 1800  # 30 minutes (>= 300s; ~6x rule of thumb)
+  receive_wait_time_seconds  = 20    # optional: long polling
 }