diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 570cb25..93bdd45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ You can change configuration using this environment variables:
 - `TEMP_DIR` - this can be used to change which directory should be used to store incoming downloads and transcoding results. Useful if you want to use a Docker volume for this. Default is system temp directory (`/tmp` for Linux).
 - `LOG_LEVEL` - changes log verbosity, default is `info`.
 - `MAX_BODY_SIZE` - changes max body size for `/enqueue`. Default is 100MB.
+- `RESULT_TTL_SEC` - sets result ttl in seconds, minimum 60 seconds. Default is 3600 (transcoding results are being kept and can be downloaded for an hour).
 - `FFMPEG_VERBOSE` - if set to `1` changes FFmpeg log level from quiet to trace.
 
 # Roadmap
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0d9f6d4..798faee 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ mod task;
 mod thread_pool;
 mod transcoder;
 
+const WORK_DIR_IN_OUT_LIFETIME: u64 = 60 * 60;
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
@@ -32,7 +34,12 @@ async fn main() {
             .unwrap()
     });
     Server::new(pool, temp_dir)
-        .start_cleanup_task()
+        .start_cleanup_task(
+            env::var("RESULT_TTL_SEC")
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|val| val.parse::<u64>().ok())
+                .map_or(WORK_DIR_IN_OUT_LIFETIME, |val| val),
+        )
         .serve(&addr)
         .await
         .expect("Cannot bind the addr")
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 8168723..626af36 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio_util::io::ReaderStream;
 
 const CONTENT_LENGTH_LIMIT: usize = 100 * 1024 * 1024;
-const WORK_DIR_IN_OUT_LIFETIME: u64 = 60 * 60;
 
 pub struct Server {
     thread_pool: Arc<ThreadPool>,
@@ -48,14 +47,14 @@ impl Server {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn start_cleanup_task(self) -> Self {
+    pub fn start_cleanup_task(self, ttl: u64) -> Self {
         let dir_path = self.work_dir.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(60));
             loop {
                 interval.tick().await;
 
-                if let Err(err) = cleanup_directory(dir_path.as_str()).await {
+                if let Err(err) = cleanup_directory(dir_path.as_str(), ttl).await {
                     error!("could not perform working directory cleanup: {}", err);
                 }
             }
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ fn error_response(msg: &str) -> (StatusCode, Json<ConvertResponse>) {
     )
 }
 
-async fn cleanup_directory(dir_path: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+async fn cleanup_directory(dir_path: &str, ttl: u64) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // Get the current time
     let now = SystemTime::now();
 
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ async fn cleanup_directory(dir_path: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Err
                     let duration_since_modified = now.duration_since(modified_time)?;
 
                     // If the file is older than one hour, remove it
-                    if duration_since_modified > Duration::from_secs(WORK_DIR_IN_OUT_LIFETIME) {
+                    if duration_since_modified > Duration::from_secs(ttl) {
                         fs::remove_file(file_path.clone()).await?;
                         debug!("removed file: {:?}", file_path);
                     }
diff --git a/src/task.rs b/src/task.rs
index 870e3ce..566e9fa 100644
--- a/src/task.rs
+++ b/src/task.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ fn send_error(
     if response.status() == 200 {
         Ok(response)
     } else {
-        Err(format!("failed to send callback to {}. Status: {}", url, response.status()).into())
+        Err(format!(
+            "failed to send callback to {}. Status: {}",
+            url,
+            response.status()
+        )
+        .into())
     }
 }
 
@@ -218,7 +223,12 @@ fn send_ok(id: uuid::Uuid, url: &str) -> Result<Response, Box<dyn std::error::Er
     if response.status() == 200 {
         Ok(response)
     } else {
-        Err(format!("failed to send callback to {}. Status: {}", url, response.status()).into())
+        Err(format!(
+            "failed to send callback to {}. Status: {}",
+            url,
+            response.status()
+        )
+        .into())
     }
 }