diff --git a/config/alloy/alloy.river b/config/alloy/alloy.river
index f3a878f..aba8f07 100644
--- a/config/alloy/alloy.river
+++ b/config/alloy/alloy.river
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ prometheus.scrape "app_metrics" {
   targets = [{"__address__" = "host.docker.internal:9102"}]
   forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.prometheus.receiver]
   scrape_interval = "1s"
+  scrape_timeout = "800ms"
   metrics_path = "/metrics"
   job_name = "app_metrics"
 }