diff --git a/tildes/consumers/topic_embedly_extractor.py b/tildes/consumers/topic_embedly_extractor.py
index 68ca723..fa4209c 100644
--- a/tildes/consumers/topic_embedly_extractor.py
+++ b/tildes/consumers/topic_embedly_extractor.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from typing import Sequence
 
 from amqpy import Message
 from pyramid.paster import bootstrap
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
+from requests.exceptions import HTTPError, Timeout
 from sqlalchemy import cast, desc, func
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TopicEmbedlyExtractor(PgsqlQueueConsumer):
         if not result:
             try:
                 result = self.scraper.scrape_url(topic.link)
-            except HTTPError:
+            except (HTTPError, Timeout):
                 return
 
             self.db_session.add(result)
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/scrapers/embedly_scraper.py b/tildes/tildes/scrapers/embedly_scraper.py
index c99985a..fc0a4c5 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/scrapers/embedly_scraper.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/scrapers/embedly_scraper.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class EmbedlyScraper:
         """Scrape a url and return the result."""
         params: Dict[str, Any] = {"key": self.api_key, "format": "json", "url": url}
 
-        response = requests.get("https://api.embedly.com/1/extract", params=params)
+        response = requests.get(
+            "https://api.embedly.com/1/extract", params=params, timeout=5
+        )
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         return ScraperResult(url, ScraperType.EMBEDLY, response.json())