diff --git a/scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_answer_node.py b/scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_answer_node.py
index 0aaee25c..d65c1add 100644
--- a/scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_answer_node.py
+++ b/scrapegraphai/nodes/generate_answer_node.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     TEMPLATE_CHUNKS, TEMPLATE_NO_CHUNKS, TEMPLATE_MERGE,
     TEMPLATE_CHUNKS_MD, TEMPLATE_NO_CHUNKS_MD, TEMPLATE_MERGE_MD
 )
+from langchain.callbacks.manager import CallbackManager
+from langchain.callbacks import get_openai_callback
+from requests.exceptions import Timeout
+import time
 
 class GenerateAnswerNode(BaseNode):
     """
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.script_creator = node_config.get("script_creator", False)
         self.is_md_scraper = node_config.get("is_md_scraper", False)
         self.additional_info = node_config.get("additional_info")
+        self.timeout = node_config.get("timeout", 30)
 
     def execute(self, state: dict) -> dict:
         """
@@ -114,6 +119,21 @@ def execute(self, state: dict) -> dict:
             template_chunks_prompt = self.additional_info + template_chunks_prompt
             template_merge_prompt = self.additional_info + template_merge_prompt
 
+        def invoke_with_timeout(chain, inputs, timeout):
+            try:
+                with get_openai_callback() as cb:
+                    start_time = time.time()
+                    response = chain.invoke(inputs)
+                    if time.time() - start_time > timeout:
+                        raise Timeout(f"Response took longer than {timeout} seconds")
+                    return response
+            except Timeout as e:
+                self.logger.error(f"Timeout error: {str(e)}")
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.error(f"Error during chain execution: {str(e)}")
+                raise
+
         if len(doc) == 1:
             prompt = PromptTemplate(
                 template=template_no_chunks_prompt,
@@ -121,7 +141,11 @@ def execute(self, state: dict) -> dict:
                 partial_variables={"context": doc, "format_instructions": format_instructions}
             )
             chain = prompt | self.llm_model
-            raw_response = chain.invoke({"question": user_prompt})
+            try:
+                raw_response = invoke_with_timeout(chain, {"question": user_prompt}, self.timeout)
+            except Timeout:
+                state.update({self.output[0]: {"error": "Response timeout exceeded"}})
+                return state
 
             if output_parser:
                 try:
@@ -155,7 +179,15 @@ def execute(self, state: dict) -> dict:
                 chains_dict[chain_name] = chains_dict[chain_name] | output_parser
 
         async_runner = RunnableParallel(**chains_dict)
-        batch_results =  async_runner.invoke({"question": user_prompt})
+        try:
+            batch_results = invoke_with_timeout(
+                async_runner, 
+                {"question": user_prompt}, 
+                self.timeout
+            )
+        except Timeout:
+            state.update({self.output[0]: {"error": "Response timeout exceeded during chunk processing"}})
+            return state
 
         merge_prompt = PromptTemplate(
             template=template_merge_prompt,
@@ -166,7 +198,15 @@ def execute(self, state: dict) -> dict:
         merge_chain = merge_prompt | self.llm_model
         if output_parser:
             merge_chain = merge_chain | output_parser
-        answer =  merge_chain.invoke({"context": batch_results, "question": user_prompt})
+        try:
+            answer = invoke_with_timeout(
+                merge_chain,
+                {"context": batch_results, "question": user_prompt},
+                self.timeout
+            )
+        except Timeout:
+            state.update({self.output[0]: {"error": "Response timeout exceeded during merge"}})
+            return state
 
         state.update({self.output[0]: answer})
         return state