diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index 2c8b7f5fd3..58029dbc5f 100755
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import socket
 import time
+from functools import lru_cache
 from uuid import uuid4
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import List
@@ -20,18 +21,22 @@ from frappe.utils.redis_queue import RedisQueue
 from frappe.utils.commands import log
 
 
-common_site_config = frappe.get_file_json("common_site_config.json")
-custom_workers_config = common_site_config.get("workers", {})
-default_timeout = 300
-queue_timeout = {
-	"default": default_timeout,
-	"short": default_timeout,
-	"long": 1500,
-	**{
-		worker: config.get("timeout", default_timeout)
-		for worker, config in custom_workers_config.items()
+
+@lru_cache()
+def get_queues_timeout():
+	common_site_config = frappe.get_conf()
+	custom_workers_config = common_site_config.get("workers", {})
+	default_timeout = 300
+
+	return {
+		"default": default_timeout,
+		"short": default_timeout,
+		"long": 1500,
+		**{
+			worker: config.get("timeout", default_timeout)
+			for worker, config in custom_workers_config.items()
+		}
 	}
-}
 
 redis_connection = None
 
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ def enqueue(method, queue='default', timeout=None, event=None,
 
 	q = get_queue(queue, is_async=is_async)
 	if not timeout:
-		timeout = queue_timeout.get(queue) or 300
+		timeout = get_queues_timeout().get(queue) or 300
 	queue_args = {
 		"site": frappe.local.site,
 		"user": frappe.session.user,
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ def get_jobs(site=None, queue=None, key='method'):
 
 def get_queue_list(queue_list=None, build_queue_name=False):
 	'''Defines possible queues. Also wraps a given queue in a list after validating.'''
-	default_queue_list = list(queue_timeout)
+	default_queue_list = list(get_queues_timeout())
 	if queue_list:
 		if isinstance(queue_list, str):
 			queue_list = [queue_list]
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ def get_queue(qtype, is_async=True):
 
 def validate_queue(queue, default_queue_list=None):
 	if not default_queue_list:
-		default_queue_list = list(queue_timeout)
+		default_queue_list = list(get_queues_timeout())
 
 	if queue not in default_queue_list:
 		frappe.throw(_("Queue should be one of {0}").format(', '.join(default_queue_list)))
@@ -296,7 +301,7 @@ def generate_qname(qtype: str) -> str:
 def is_queue_accessible(qobj: Queue) -> bool:
 	"""Checks whether queue is relate to current bench or not.
 	"""
-	accessible_queues = [generate_qname(q) for q in list(queue_timeout)]
+	accessible_queues = [generate_qname(q) for q in list(get_queues_timeout())]
 	return qobj.name in accessible_queues
 
 def enqueue_test_job():