diff --git a/cli/mcp-http.ts b/cli/mcp-http.ts
index 0c30e08..1fe8c03 100644
--- a/cli/mcp-http.ts
+++ b/cli/mcp-http.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ export function startHttp(o: HttpOptions): Promise<{ close: () => void; port: nu
       return r ? send(res, 200, r) : send(res, 202);
     } catch (e) { return send(res, 500, { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: (msg as { id?: unknown }).id ?? null, error: { code: -32603, message: String((e as Error).message) } }); }
   });
+  // a tool call can run for many minutes (check on a big project, uploads): Node's 300 s request timeout would cut it
+  server.requestTimeout = 0;
+  server.timeout = 0;
   return new Promise((ok, fail) => {
     server.once('error', fail);
     server.listen(o.port, o.host, () => {