diff --git a/app/Services/DocumentIngestionService.php b/app/Services/DocumentIngestionService.php
index b0d3975..b040f69 100644
--- a/app/Services/DocumentIngestionService.php
+++ b/app/Services/DocumentIngestionService.php
@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ class DocumentIngestionService
             $mistralKey = config('services.mistral.key') ?? env('MISTRAL_API_KEY', '');
             $visionFlag = $enableVision ? '1' : '0';
 
-            // Run Python script
-            $result = Process::run([
+            // Set execution time limit for PHP to 600 seconds
+            @set_time_limit(600);
+
+            // Run Python script with a 600-second timeout
+            $result = Process::timeout(600)->run([
                 'python',
                 $scriptPath,
                 $filePath,