diff --git a/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs b/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
index f8ad597..8059b90 100644
--- a/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
+++ b/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ impl SearchEngine for DuckDuckGo {
         query: String,
         page: u32,
         user_agent: String,
+        request_timeout: u8,
     ) -> Result<HashMap<String, RawSearchResult>, EngineError> {
         // Page number can be missing or empty string and so appropriate handling is required
         // so that upstream server recieves valid page number.
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ impl SearchEngine for DuckDuckGo {
         );
 
         let document: Html = Html::parse_document(
-            &DuckDuckGo::fetch_html_from_upstream(self, url, header_map).await?,
+            &DuckDuckGo::fetch_html_from_upstream(self, url, header_map, request_timeout).await?,
         );
 
         let no_result: Selector = Selector::parse(".no-results")
diff --git a/src/engines/engine_models.rs b/src/engines/engine_models.rs
index f635ca9..b5051be 100644
--- a/src/engines/engine_models.rs
+++ b/src/engines/engine_models.rs
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ pub trait SearchEngine {
         &self,
         url: String,
         header_map: reqwest::header::HeaderMap,
+        request_timeout: u8,
     ) -> Result<String, EngineError> {
         // fetch the html from upstream search engine
         Ok(reqwest::Client::new()
             .get(url)
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30)) // Add timeout to request to avoid DDOSing the server
+            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(request_timeout as u64)) // Add timeout to request to avoid DDOSing the server
             .headers(header_map) // add spoofed headers to emulate human behaviour
             .send()
             .await
@@ -71,5 +72,6 @@ pub trait SearchEngine {
         query: String,
         page: u32,
         user_agent: String,
+        request_timeout: u8,
     ) -> Result<HashMap<String, RawSearchResult>, EngineError>;
 }
diff --git a/src/engines/searx.rs b/src/engines/searx.rs
index 145abf1..6274400 100644
--- a/src/engines/searx.rs
+++ b/src/engines/searx.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use reqwest::header::{HeaderMap, CONTENT_TYPE, COOKIE, REFERER, USER_AGENT};
 use scraper::{Html, Selector};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::{collections::HashMap};
 
 use crate::results::aggregation_models::RawSearchResult;
 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ impl SearchEngine for Searx {
         query: String,
         page: u32,
         user_agent: String,
+        request_timeout: u8,
     ) -> Result<HashMap<String, RawSearchResult>, EngineError> {
         // Page number can be missing or empty string and so appropriate handling is required
         // so that upstream server recieves valid page number.
@@ -70,8 +71,9 @@ impl SearchEngine for Searx {
         );
         header_map.insert(COOKIE, "categories=general; language=auto; locale=en; autocomplete=duckduckgo; image_proxy=1; method=POST; safesearch=2; theme=simple; results_on_new_tab=1; doi_resolver=oadoi.org; simple_style=auto; center_alignment=1; query_in_title=1; infinite_scroll=0; disabled_engines=; enabled_engines=\"archive is__general\\054yep__general\\054curlie__general\\054currency__general\\054ddg definitions__general\\054wikidata__general\\054duckduckgo__general\\054tineye__general\\054lingva__general\\054startpage__general\\054yahoo__general\\054wiby__general\\054marginalia__general\\054alexandria__general\\054wikibooks__general\\054wikiquote__general\\054wikisource__general\\054wikiversity__general\\054wikivoyage__general\\054dictzone__general\\054seznam__general\\054mojeek__general\\054naver__general\\054wikimini__general\\054brave__general\\054petalsearch__general\\054goo__general\"; disabled_plugins=; enabled_plugins=\"searx.plugins.hostname_replace\\054searx.plugins.oa_doi_rewrite\\054searx.plugins.vim_hotkeys\"; tokens=; maintab=on; enginetab=on".parse().into_report().change_context(EngineError::UnexpectedError)?);
 
-        let document: Html =
-            Html::parse_document(&Searx::fetch_html_from_upstream(self, url, header_map).await?);
+        let document: Html = Html::parse_document(
+            &Searx::fetch_html_from_upstream(self, url, header_map, request_timeout).await?,
+        );
 
         let no_result: Selector = Selector::parse("#urls>.dialog-error>p")
             .map_err(|_| Report::new(EngineError::UnexpectedError))
diff --git a/src/results/aggregator.rs b/src/results/aggregator.rs
index 501b273..b7ad050 100644
--- a/src/results/aggregator.rs
+++ b/src/results/aggregator.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ pub async fn aggregate(
     random_delay: bool,
     debug: bool,
     upstream_search_engines: Vec<String>,
+    request_timeout: u8,
 ) -> Result<SearchResults, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let user_agent: String = random_user_agent();
     let mut result_map: HashMap<String, RawSearchResult> = HashMap::new();
@@ -92,9 +93,11 @@ pub async fn aggregate(
         .map(|search_engine| {
             let query: String = query.clone();
             let user_agent: String = user_agent.clone();
-            tokio::spawn(
-                async move { search_engine.results(query, page, user_agent.clone()).await },
-            )
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                search_engine
+                    .results(query, page, user_agent.clone(), request_timeout)
+                    .await
+            })
         })
         .collect();
 
diff --git a/src/server/routes.rs b/src/server/routes.rs
index cb6999d..0b07115 100644
--- a/src/server/routes.rs
+++ b/src/server/routes.rs
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ async fn results(
                         config.aggregator.random_delay,
                         config.debug,
                         cookie_value.engines,
+                        config.request_timeout,
                     )
                     .await?
                 }
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ async fn results(
                         config.aggregator.random_delay,
                         config.debug,
                         config.upstream_search_engines.clone(),
+                        config.request_timeout,
                     )
                     .await?
                 }