diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
index 02d9245c..1a1ffc10 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
@@ -1130,6 +1130,9 @@ async function processJob(job: Job & { id: string }, token: string) {
   logger.info(`🐂 Worker taking job ${job.id}`, { url: job.data.url });
   const start = job.data.startTime ?? Date.now();
   const remainingTime = job.data.scrapeOptions.timeout ? (job.data.scrapeOptions.timeout - (Date.now() - start)) : undefined;
+  if (remainingTime !== undefined && remainingTime < 0) {
+    throw new Error("timeout");
+  }
   const signal = remainingTime ? AbortSignal.timeout(remainingTime) : undefined;
 
   const costTracking = new CostTracking();