diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index fcca8186..0db8c78d 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,12 @@ export const scrapeRequestSchema = scrapeOptions.extend({
   {
     message: "When 'extract' format is specified, 'extract' options must be provided, and vice versa",
   }
-);
+).transform((obj) => {
+  if ((obj.formats?.includes("extract") || obj.extract) && !obj.timeout) {
+    return { ...obj, timeout: 60000 };
+  }
+  return obj;
+});
 
 // export type ScrapeRequest = {
 //   url: string;