diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/options.go b/v2/internal/runner/options.go
index 85b6d35c0..8dfa7f190 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/options.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/options.go
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import (
 // the template requesting process.
 // nolint // false positive, options are allocated once and are necessary as is
 type Options struct {
-	Sandbox bool // Sandbox mode allows users to run isolated workflows with system commands disabled
+	MaxWorkflowDuration  int                    // MaxWorkflowDuration is the maximum time a workflow can run for a URL
+	Sandbox              bool                   // Sandbox mode allows users to run isolated workflows with system commands disabled
 	Debug                bool                   // Debug mode allows debugging request/responses for the engine
 	Silent               bool                   // Silent suppresses any extra text and only writes found URLs on screen.
 	Version              bool                   // Version specifies if we should just show version and exit
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ func ParseOptions() *Options {
 	options := &Options{}
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&options.Sandbox, "sandbox", false, "Run workflows in isolated sandbox mode")
+	flag.IntVar(&options.MaxWorkflowDuration, "workflow-duration", 10, "Max time for workflow run on single URL in minutes")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.Target, "target", "", "Target is a single target to scan using template")
 	flag.Var(&options.Templates, "t", "Template input dir/file/files to run on host. Can be used multiple times. Supports globbing.")
 	flag.Var(&options.ExcludedTemplates, "exclude", "Template input dir/file/files to exclude. Can be used multiple times. Supports globbing.")
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/processor.go b/v2/internal/runner/processor.go
index 9bfd30ae3..2cd288613 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/processor.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/processor.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	tengo "github.com/d5/tengo/v2"
 	"github.com/d5/tengo/v2/stdlib"
@@ -132,11 +133,9 @@ func (r *Runner) processWorkflowWithList(p *progress.Progress, workflow *workflo
 		gologger.Warningf("Could not preload templates for workflow %s: %s\n", workflow.ID, err)
 		return false
 	}
-
 	logicBytes := []byte(workflow.Logic)
 
 	wg := sizedwaitgroup.New(r.options.BulkSize)
-
 	r.hm.Scan(func(k, _ []byte) error {
 		targetURL := string(k)
 		wg.Add()
@@ -163,7 +162,10 @@ func (r *Runner) processWorkflowWithList(p *progress.Progress, workflow *workflo
 				variables[name] = variable
 			}
 
-			_, err := script.RunContext(context.Background())
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(r.options.MaxWorkflowDuration)*time.Minute)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			_, err := script.RunContext(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
 				gologger.Errorf("Could not execute workflow '%s': %s\n", workflow.ID, err)
 			}