diff --git a/mobile/apps/photos/lib/main.dart b/mobile/apps/photos/lib/main.dart
index d016fcc411..4c8b6fe317 100644
--- a/mobile/apps/photos/lib/main.dart
+++ b/mobile/apps/photos/lib/main.dart
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const kLastFGTaskHeartBeatTime = "fg_task_hb_time";
 const kHeartBeatFrequency = Duration(seconds: 1);
 const kFGSyncFrequency = Duration(minutes: 5);
 const kFGHomeWidgetSyncFrequency = Duration(minutes: 15);
-const kBGTaskTimeout = Duration(seconds: 28);
+const kBGTaskTimeout = Duration(seconds: 58);
 const kBGPushTimeout = Duration(seconds: 28);
 const kFGTaskDeathTimeoutInMicroseconds = 5000000;
 
diff --git a/mobile/apps/photos/lib/utils/bg_task_utils.dart b/mobile/apps/photos/lib/utils/bg_task_utils.dart
index 573996625a..92c26d880b 100644
--- a/mobile/apps/photos/lib/utils/bg_task_utils.dart
+++ b/mobile/apps/photos/lib/utils/bg_task_utils.dart
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class BgTaskUtils {
     try {
       await workmanager.Workmanager().initialize(
         callbackDispatcher,
-        isInDebugMode: false,
+        isInDebugMode: Platform.isIOS,
       );
       await workmanager.Workmanager().registerPeriodicTask(
         backgroundTaskIdentifier,