diff --git a/beelocal.sh b/beelocal.sh
index d34bed0..61e5d8f 100755
--- a/beelocal.sh
+++ b/beelocal.sh
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ config() {
         trap 'rm -rf ${BEE_TEMP}' EXIT
         curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethersphere/beelocal/"${BEELOCAL_BRANCH}"/config/k3d.yaml -o "${BEE_TEMP}"/k3d.yaml
         curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethersphere/beelocal/"${BEELOCAL_BRANCH}"/config/geth-swap.yaml -o "${BEE_TEMP}"/geth-swap.yaml
+        curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethersphere/beelocal/"${BEELOCAL_BRANCH}"/config/traefik-config.yaml -o "${BEE_TEMP}"/traefik-config.yaml
         if [[ -n $CI ]]; then
             curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethersphere/beelocal/"${BEELOCAL_BRANCH}"/hack/registries.yaml -o "${BEE_TEMP}"/registries.yaml
             sudo cp "${BEE_TEMP}"/registries.yaml /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ k8s-local() {
     until kubectl get svc traefik -n kube-system &> /dev/null; do sleep 1; done
     # Wait for geth
     wait
+    configure-traefik
     echo "cluster running..."
 }
 
@@ -257,6 +259,39 @@ geth() {
     fi
 }
 
+configure-traefik() {
+    if [[ -z $BEE_CONFIG ]]; then
+        config
+    fi
+    echo "configuring Traefik with custom timeouts..."
+    
+    local config_file=""
+    
+    if [[ -f "./config/traefik-config.yaml" ]] && grep -q "apiVersion:" "./config/traefik-config.yaml"; then
+        config_file="./config/traefik-config.yaml"
+        echo "Using local traefik-config.yaml"
+    elif [[ -f "${BEE_CONFIG}/traefik-config.yaml" ]] && grep -q "apiVersion:" "${BEE_CONFIG}/traefik-config.yaml"; then
+        config_file="${BEE_CONFIG}/traefik-config.yaml"
+        echo "Using downloaded traefik-config.yaml"
+    fi
+    
+    if [[ -n "$config_file" ]]; then
+        kubectl apply -f "$config_file" || echo "Warning: Failed to apply Traefik config"
+        echo "waiting for Traefik to restart with new configuration..."
+        kubectl rollout restart deployment/traefik -n kube-system || echo "Warning: Failed to restart Traefik"
+        kubectl rollout status deployment/traefik -n kube-system --timeout=120s || echo "Warning: Traefik rollout status check failed"
+        echo "Traefik configuration applied successfully"
+        echo "Current Traefik timeout settings:"
+        kubectl describe deployment traefik -n kube-system | grep -E "entryPoints.*Timeout" || echo "No timeout settings found in deployment description"
+    else
+        echo "Info: No valid Traefik config file found, using default timeouts"
+        echo "Looked for valid configs in: ${BEE_CONFIG}/traefik-config.yaml and ./config/traefik-config.yaml"
+        if [[ "${FUNCNAME[1]}" != "k8s-local" ]]; then
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 stop() {
     if [[ -n $CI ]]; then
         echo "action not supported for CI"
@@ -338,7 +373,7 @@ for OPT in $OPTS; do
     fi
 done
 
-ACTIONS=(build check destroy geth install k8s-local uninstall start stop run prepare add-hosts del-hosts)
+ACTIONS=(build check destroy geth install k8s-local uninstall start stop run prepare add-hosts del-hosts configure-traefik)
 if [[ " ${ACTIONS[*]} " == *"$ACTION"* ]]; then
     if [[ $ACTION == "run" ]]; then
         check
diff --git a/config/k3d.yaml b/config/k3d.yaml
index aa6f4a5..3b01e44 100644
--- a/config/k3d.yaml
+++ b/config/k3d.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha4
+apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha5
 kind: Simple
 metadata:
   name: bee
diff --git a/config/traefik-config.yaml b/config/traefik-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9912867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/traefik-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: helm.cattle.io/v1
+kind: HelmChartConfig
+metadata:
+  name: traefik
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  valuesContent: |-
+    additionalArguments:
+      - "--entryPoints.web.transport.respondingTimeouts.readTimeout=300s"
+      - "--entryPoints.web.transport.respondingTimeouts.writeTimeout=300s"
+      - "--entryPoints.web.transport.respondingTimeouts.idleTimeout=300s"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.transport.respondingTimeouts.readTimeout=300s"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.transport.respondingTimeouts.writeTimeout=300s"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.transport.respondingTimeouts.idleTimeout=300s"