diff --git a/app_urls/fetcher/src/fetch_utils_url_processor.py b/app_urls/fetcher/src/fetch_utils_url_processor.py
index 0805fd5..8d04b09 100644
--- a/app_urls/fetcher/src/fetch_utils_url_processor.py
+++ b/app_urls/fetcher/src/fetch_utils_url_processor.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def process_url(url, paywall_bypass=False):
         # Process
         if ("foxnews.com" in url_of_interest) or ("zerohedge" in url_of_interest):
             # Request
-            r = requests.get(url, headers={"User-Agent": user_agent})
+            r = requests.get(url, headers={"User-Agent": user_agent}, timeout=15)
             # Raise for error code
             r.raise_for_status()
             # Parse
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def process_url(url, paywall_bypass=False):
             # Config: Fake user agent
             config = newspaper.configuration.Configuration()
             config.headers = {'User-Agent': user_agent}
+            config.request_timeout = 15  # timeout in seconds
             # Default mode
             article = newspaper.article(url_of_interest, config=config)
     except newspaper.ArticleBinaryDataException: