diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js
index ed3be3a52e..e4cc7f8c72 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Queues.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ const Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 
 const analyticsQueues = {}
 
+// Bull will keep a fixed number of the most recently completed jobs. This is
+// useful to inspect recently completed jobs. The bull prometheus exporter also
+// uses the completed job records to report on job duration.
+const MAX_COMPLETED_JOBS_RETAINED = 10000
+
 function initialize() {
   if (Settings.analytics.enabled) {
     analyticsQueues.events = createQueue('analytics-events')
@@ -14,7 +19,7 @@ function createQueue(queueName, defaultJobOptions) {
   return new Queue(queueName, {
     redis: Settings.redis.queues,
     defaultJobOptions: {
-      removeOnComplete: true,
+      removeOnComplete: MAX_COMPLETED_JOBS_RETAINED,
       attempts: 11,
       backoff: {
         type: 'exponential',