diff --git a/src/bytes_stream.rs b/src/bytes_stream.rs
index b3182a2..b7c2600 100644
--- a/src/bytes_stream.rs
+++ b/src/bytes_stream.rs
@@ -32,14 +32,20 @@ impl BytesStream {
         self.total_len
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn into_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
-        let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(self.total_len);
+    pub(crate) fn into_bytes(mut self) -> Bytes {
+        match self.inner.len() {
+            0 => Bytes::new(),
+            1 => self.inner.pop_back().expect("one element"),
+            _ => {
+                let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(self.total_len);
 
-        for bytes in self.inner {
-            buf.extend_from_slice(&bytes);
+                for bytes in self.inner {
+                    buf.extend(bytes);
+                }
+
+                buf.freeze()
+            }
         }
-
-        buf.freeze()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index f0e96b2..eacacb2 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ pub(crate) enum UploadError {
     #[error("Client took too long to send request")]
     AggregateTimeout,
 
+    #[error("Media processing took too long")]
+    ProcessTimeout,
+
     #[error("Failed external validation")]
     ExternalValidation,
 }
diff --git a/src/generate.rs b/src/generate.rs
index b0d3373..2336512 100644
--- a/src/generate.rs
+++ b/src/generate.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
     store::Store,
 };
 use actix_web::web::Bytes;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tracing::Instrument;
 
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn generate<R: FullRepo, S: Store + 'static>(
         hash.clone(),
     );
 
-    let (details, bytes) =
-        CancelSafeProcessor::new(hash.as_ref(), thumbnail_path, process_fut).await?;
+    let (details, bytes) = actix_rt::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(timeout * 4),
+        CancelSafeProcessor::new(hash.as_ref(), thumbnail_path, process_fut),
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| UploadError::ProcessTimeout)??;
 
     Ok((details, bytes))
 }
diff --git a/src/ingest.rs b/src/ingest.rs
index 21a6c3c..097e052 100644
--- a/src/ingest.rs
+++ b/src/ingest.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,41 @@ where
     R: FullRepo + 'static,
     S: Store,
 {
-    let bytes = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(60), aggregate(stream))
+    actix_rt::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(timeout * 4 + 60),
+        perform_ingest(
+            repo,
+            store,
+            client,
+            stream,
+            declared_alias,
+            external_validation,
+            external_validation_timeout,
+            should_validate,
+            timeout,
+        ),
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| UploadError::ProcessTimeout)?
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+async fn perform_ingest<R, S>(
+    repo: &R,
+    store: &S,
+    client: &ClientWithMiddleware,
+    stream: impl Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin + 'static,
+    declared_alias: Option<Alias>,
+    external_validation: Option<&Url>,
+    external_validation_timeout: u64,
+    should_validate: bool,
+    timeout: u64,
+) -> Result<Session<R, S>, Error>
+where
+    R: FullRepo + 'static,
+    S: Store,
+{
+    let bytes = actix_rt::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(60), aggregate(stream))
         .await
         .map_err(|_| UploadError::AggregateTimeout)??;