diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 37e0c2e..2aa901c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "syn 2.0.27",
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+ "syn 2.0.27",
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+ "syn 2.0.27",
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+ "syn 2.0.27",
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+ "socket2",
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@@ -2566,7 +2524,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "errno",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.4.3",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
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 [[package]]
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+ "quote 1.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
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+ "quote 1.0.32",
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- "quote 1.0.31",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
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@@ -2942,18 +2900,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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- "quote 1.0.31",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
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-version = "2.0.26"
+version = "2.0.27"
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+checksum = "b60f673f44a8255b9c8c657daf66a596d435f2da81a555b06dc644d080ba45e0"
 dependencies = [
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- "quote 1.0.31",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
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+ "quote 1.0.32",
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-version = "3.6.0"
+version = "3.7.0"
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-checksum = "31c0432476357e58790aaa47a8efb0c5138f137343f3b5f23bd36a27e3b0a6d6"
+checksum = "5486094ee78b2e5038a6382ed7645bc084dc2ec433426ca4c3cb61e2007b8998"
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- "rustix 0.37.23",
+ "rustix",
  "windows-sys",
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@@ -3005,22 +2962,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.43"
+version = "1.0.44"
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-checksum = "a35fc5b8971143ca348fa6df4f024d4d55264f3468c71ad1c2f365b0a4d58c42"
+checksum = "611040a08a0439f8248d1990b111c95baa9c704c805fa1f62104b39655fd7f90"
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-version = "1.0.43"
+version = "1.0.44"
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- "quote 1.0.31",
- "syn 2.0.26",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
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- "quote 1.0.31",
- "syn 2.0.26",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
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 [[package]]
@@ -3496,8 +3453,8 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2 1.0.66",
- "quote 1.0.31",
- "syn 2.0.26",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
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+ "quote 1.0.32",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
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- "quote 1.0.31",
- "syn 2.0.26",
+ "quote 1.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
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@@ -3554,7 +3511,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.15.0"
 dependencies = [
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  "actix-web",
@@ -3717,18 +3674,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.12.4"
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-checksum = "76eea132fb024e0e13fd9c2f5d5d595d8a967aa72382ac2f9d39fcc95afd0806"
+checksum = "1a27595e173641171fc74a1232b7b1c7a7cb6e18222c11e9dfb9888fa424c53c"
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-version = "6.0.5+zstd.1.5.4"
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-checksum = "d56d9e60b4b1758206c238a10165fbcae3ca37b01744e394c463463f6529d23b"
+checksum = "ee98ffd0b48ee95e6c5168188e44a54550b1564d9d530ee21d5f0eaed1069581"
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ba065f..3bd7350 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "websurfx"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.15.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "An open-source alternative to Searx that provides clean, ad-free, and organic results with incredible speed while keeping privacy and security in mind."
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diff --git a/src/config/parser.rs b/src/config/parser.rs
index 971cd48..a665246 100644
--- a/src/config/parser.rs
+++ b/src/config/parser.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ static CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = "config.lua";
 /// * `logging` - It stores the option to whether enable or disable logs.
 /// * `debug` - It stores the option to whether enable or disable debug mode.
 /// * `upstream_search_engines` - It stores all the engine names that were enabled by the user.
+/// * `request_timeout` - It stores the time (secs) which controls the server request timeout.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub port: u16,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub logging: bool,
     pub debug: bool,
     pub upstream_search_engines: Vec<String>,
+    pub request_timeout: u8,
 }
 
 /// Configuration options for the aggregator.
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ impl Config {
                     .into_iter()
                     .filter_map(|(key, value)| value.then_some(key))
                     .collect(),
+                request_timeout: globals.get::<_, u8>("request_timeout")?,
             })
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs b/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
index f8ad597..487e120 100644
--- a/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
+++ b/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ impl SearchEngine for DuckDuckGo {
     /// * `query` - Takes the user provided query to query to the upstream search engine with.
     /// * `page` - Takes an u32 as an argument.
     /// * `user_agent` - Takes a random user agent string as an argument.
+    /// * `request_timeout` - Takes a time (secs) as a value which controls the server request timeout.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ 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 +92,7 @@ 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..5fd7354 100644
--- a/src/engines/searx.rs
+++ b/src/engines/searx.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ impl SearchEngine for Searx {
     /// * `query` - Takes the user provided query to query to the upstream search engine with.
     /// * `page` - Takes an u32 as an argument.
     /// * `user_agent` - Takes a random user agent string as an argument.
+    /// * `request_timeout` - Takes a time (secs) as a value which controls the server request timeout.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ 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 +72,9 @@ 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..b8d7346 100644
--- a/src/results/aggregator.rs
+++ b/src/results/aggregator.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type FutureVec = Vec<JoinHandle<Result<HashMap<String, RawSearchResult>, Report<
 /// * `random_delay` - Accepts a boolean value to add a random delay before making the request.
 /// * `debug` - Accepts a boolean value to enable or disable debug mode option.
 /// * `upstream_search_engines` - Accepts a vector of search engine names which was selected by the
+/// * `request_timeout` - Accepts a time (secs) as a value which controls the server request timeout.
 /// user through the UI or the config file.
 ///
 /// # Error
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ 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 +94,11 @@ 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?
                 }
diff --git a/websurfx/config.lua b/websurfx/config.lua
index b96bf2f..73bffe7 100644
--- a/websurfx/config.lua
+++ b/websurfx/config.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ binding_ip = "127.0.0.1" --ip address on the which server should be launched.
 production_use = false -- whether to use production mode or not (in other words this option should be used if it is to be used to host it on the server to provide a service to a large number of users (more than one))
 -- if production_use is set to true
 -- There will be a random delay before sending the request to the search engines, this is to prevent DDoSing the upstream search engines from a large number of simultaneous requests.
+request_timeout = 30 -- timeout for the search requests sent to the upstream search engines to be fetched (value in seconds).
 
 -- ### Website ###
 -- The different colorschemes provided are: