diff --git a/server/docker-compose.yml b/server/docker-compose.yml
index f34a8e0a..374130fa 100644
--- a/server/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/server/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
       - 1250:1250
     environment:
       LLM_URL: "${LLM_URL}"
+      MIN_TRANSCRIPT_LENGTH: "${MIN_TRANSCRIPT_LENGTH}"
     volumes:
       - model-cache:/root/.cache
 
diff --git a/server/reflector/processors/transcript_topic_detector.py b/server/reflector/processors/transcript_topic_detector.py
index 43bf9762..297c55a5 100644
--- a/server/reflector/processors/transcript_topic_detector.py
+++ b/server/reflector/processors/transcript_topic_detector.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from reflector.llm import LLM, LLMTaskParams
 from reflector.processors.base import Processor
 from reflector.processors.types import TitleSummary, Transcript
+from reflector.settings import settings
 
 
 class TranscriptTopicDetectorProcessor(Processor):
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ class TranscriptTopicDetectorProcessor(Processor):
     OUTPUT_TYPE = TitleSummary
     TASK = "topic"
 
-    def __init__(self, min_transcript_length: int = 750, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self, min_transcript_length: int = int(settings.MIN_TRANSCRIPT_LENGTH), **kwargs
+    ):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.transcript = None
         self.min_transcript_length = min_transcript_length
diff --git a/server/reflector/settings.py b/server/reflector/settings.py
index 249661db..f42ff0a4 100644
--- a/server/reflector/settings.py
+++ b/server/reflector/settings.py
@@ -97,5 +97,8 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Cache directory for all model storage
     CACHE_DIR: str = "./data"
 
+    # Min transcript length to generate topic + summary
+    MIN_TRANSCRIPT_LENGTH: int = 1800
+
 
 settings = Settings()