diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 668bdd6..84e40a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 authorized_keys
 .vagrant
 .env
-*.zip
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+*.zip
+*.nq
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diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.ini b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.ini
index bed4795..e77c2e2 100644
--- a/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.ini
+++ b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.ini
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-; File Uploads up to 250 MB
-; Seems to be reasonable compromise between the default (2MB) and maximum available space
+; File Uploads up to 1GB
 file_uploads = On
-upload_max_filesize = 250M
-post_max_size = 250M
+upload_max_filesize = 1000M
+post_max_size = 1000M
 
 ; Composer uses an absurd amount of memory
 ; 4GB ought to be enough
 memory_limit = 4G
 
-; If execution time turns out to be a problem
-; we should uncomment this 
-; max_execution_time = 600
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+; Increase various limits for some long running WissKI operations
+max_execution_time = 3000
+max_input_time = 600
+max_input_nesting_level = 640
+max_input_vars = 10000
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/web/global.conf b/distillery/resources/compose/web/global.conf
index f814838..5161f0c 100644
--- a/distillery/resources/compose/web/global.conf
+++ b/distillery/resources/compose/web/global.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # update the max body size to fit with php's configuration. 
 # should be kept in sync with distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.ini. 
-client_max_body_size 250m;
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+client_max_body_size 1000m;
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