diff --git a/Services/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilSoapBackgroundTasksAdministration.php b/Services/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilSoapBackgroundTasksAdministration.php
index f57325dc3b46..1d50df84d23c 100644
--- a/Services/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilSoapBackgroundTasksAdministration.php
+++ b/Services/BackgroundTasks/classes/class.ilSoapBackgroundTasksAdministration.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public function __construct(bool $use_nusoap = true)
      */
     public function runAsync(string $sid)
     {
+        ignore_user_abort(true);
+
         $this->initAuth($sid);
         $this->initIlias();
 
diff --git a/src/BackgroundTasks/Implementation/TaskManager/AsyncTaskManager.php b/src/BackgroundTasks/Implementation/TaskManager/AsyncTaskManager.php
index 8ac4128f63d8..7ad8bbcb4781 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundTasks/Implementation/TaskManager/AsyncTaskManager.php
+++ b/src/BackgroundTasks/Implementation/TaskManager/AsyncTaskManager.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public function run(Bucket $bucket): void
 
         // Call SOAP-Server
         $soap_client = new \ilSoapClient();
-        $soap_client->setResponseTimeout(1);
+        $soap_client->setResponseTimeout(0);
         $soap_client->enableWSDL(true);
         $soap_client->init();
         $session_id = session_id();