diff --git a/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go b/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go
index 47ba1f8d..b5e1c307 100644
--- a/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go
+++ b/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ func (s *Rest) makeHTTPServer(port int, router http.Handler) *http.Server {
 		Addr:              fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port),
 		Handler:           router,
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
-		WriteTimeout:      120 * time.Second, // TODO: such a long timeout needed for blocking export (backup) request
-		IdleTimeout:       30 * time.Second,
+		// WriteTimeout:      120 * time.Second, // TODO: such a long timeout needed for blocking export (backup) request
+		IdleTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/app/rest/api/rest_public_test.go b/backend/app/rest/api/rest_public_test.go
index c62b62f5..3526b0d6 100644
--- a/backend/app/rest/api/rest_public_test.go
+++ b/backend/app/rest/api/rest_public_test.go
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ func TestRest_LastCommentsStream(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 	t.Logf("headers: %+v", r.Header)
 	assert.Equal(t, "text/event-stream", r.Header.Get("content-type"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "keep-alive", r.Header.Get("connection"))
 
 	recs := strings.Split(strings.TrimSuffix(string(body), "\n"), "\n")
 	require.Equal(t, 9*3, len(recs), "9 events")