diff --git a/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/base.py b/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/base.py
index 9bba522b..1365b58b 100644
--- a/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/base.py
+++ b/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/base.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
     os.environ.get("OLD_RUN_FAILURE_CUTOFF_TIME", 60 * 60 * 24 * 1000 * 1)
 )
 # Time before a run with a heartbeat will be considered inactive (and thus failed).
-# Default to 1 day (in seconds)
+# Default to 6 minutes (in seconds)
 RUN_INACTIVE_CUTOFF_TIME = int(
-    os.environ.get("RUN_INACTIVE_CUTOFF_TIME", 60 * 60 * 24 * 1)
+    os.environ.get("RUN_INACTIVE_CUTOFF_TIME", 60 * 6)
 )
 
 
diff --git a/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/run.py b/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/run.py
index 1cb97cfa..27c598fe 100644
--- a/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/run.py
+++ b/services/ui_backend_service/data/db/tables/run.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from typing import List, Tuple
 from .base import (
     AsyncPostgresTable,
-    HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD,
     OLD_RUN_FAILURE_CUTOFF_TIME,
     RUN_INACTIVE_CUTOFF_TIME,
 )
diff --git a/services/ui_backend_service/docs/environment.md b/services/ui_backend_service/docs/environment.md
index 7612ea17..166a065a 100644
--- a/services/ui_backend_service/docs/environment.md
+++ b/services/ui_backend_service/docs/environment.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The threshold parameters for heartbeat checks can also be configured when necess
 
 `OLD_RUN_FAILURE_CUTOFF_TIME` [ for runs that do not have a heartbeat, controls at what point a running status run should be considered failed. Default is 1 day (in milliseconds)]
 
-`RUN_INACTIVE_CUTOFF_TIME` [ for runs that have a heartbeat, controls how long a run with a failed heartbeat should wait for possibly queued tasks to start and resume heartbeat updates. Default is 1 day (in seconds)]
+`RUN_INACTIVE_CUTOFF_TIME` [ for runs that have a heartbeat, controls how long a run with a failed heartbeat should wait for possibly queued tasks to start and resume heartbeat updates. Default is 6 minutes (in seconds)]
 
 ## Baseurl configuration