diff --git a/unit-files/backup@.service b/unit-files/backup@.service
index 7e0862eb81d6d78bf52e12ac456ddbc1785da7a0..3fd7521fe7ca328c6bb431f3bcb32a09431c217e 100644
--- a/unit-files/backup@.service
+++ b/unit-files/backup@.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Back up data from %i
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+TimeoutStartSec=0
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run --rm -v /opt/bin:/opt/bin ibuildthecloud/systemd-docker
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker kill mysqldump-%i