diff --git a/production/helm/templates/loki/configmap.yaml b/production/helm/templates/loki/configmap.yaml
index f7eba41fd498a9053d574d790dd3ba1cae94db57..2eff8df8131e6ec889a16bace472e7ac3b45e4f6 100644
--- a/production/helm/templates/loki/configmap.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/templates/loki/configmap.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ data:
         ring:
           store: {{ .Values.loki.config.ingester.lifecycler.ring.store }}
           replication_factor: {{ .Values.loki.config.ingester.lifecycler.ring.replication_factor }}
+      chunk_idle_period: 15m
 
 {{- if .Values.loki.config.schema_configs }}
     schema_config:
diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
index 081f8c11ad4f46953af28cdb1671096b228ccdc0..2f3481b5b4ce9a092470412b7c905f8ae476c8fd 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
             },
           },
 
+          chunk_idle_period: '15m',
+
           num_tokens: 512,
           heartbeat_period: '5s',
           join_after: '10s',