diff --git a/src/config/index.spec.ts b/src/config/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a163af85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import {config} from './index';
+
+describe('rabbitmq queue options', () => {
+    // RabbitMQ refuses a redeclare with different arguments, so these must equal the aggregator's ApiQueue
+    it('declares the api queue memory-only, matching the aggregator', () => {
+        expect(config().rabbitmq.queueOptions).toEqual({
+            durable: false,
+            messageTtl: 10800000,
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index 3d99c928..70dffecb 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ export const config = () => ({
     rabbitmq: {
         url: [process.env.RABBITMQ_URL ?? `amqp://${process.env.RABBITMQ_USER ?? 'guest'}:${process.env.RABBITMQ_PASS ?? 'guest'}@${process.env.RABBITMQ_HOST ?? 'localhost'}:5672${process.env.RABBITMQ_VHOST ?? ''}?heartbeat=10&connection_timeout=10000`],
         queue: process.env.RABBITMQ_QUEUE ?? 'api-queue',
+        // Memory-only, and must match the aggregator's ApiQueue declaration or whichever declares second fails
         queueOptions: {
-            durable: true,
+            durable: false,
             messageTtl: 10800000, // 3 hours
-            arguments: {
-                'x-queue-mode': 'lazy',
-            },
         },
         noAck: false,
         prefetchCount: process.env.RABBITMQ_PREFETCH ? parseInt(process.env.RABBITMQ_PREFETCH, 10) : 2000,