diff --git a/src/collector.py b/src/collector.py
index 31645e0..96b6efc 100644
--- a/src/collector.py
+++ b/src/collector.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                 url,
                 data={"metadata": metadata},
                 multipart=mime,
-                timeout=120,
+                timeout=300,
             )
             if resp.status_code == 202:
                 data = resp.json()
diff --git a/src/crawler.py b/src/crawler.py
index fbc4cc4..302dde9 100644
--- a/src/crawler.py
+++ b/src/crawler.py
@@ -134,8 +134,14 @@
 
         image_paths: List[str] = []
         temp_dir = ""
-        if self.collector is not None and image_urls:
-            image_paths, temp_dir = self._download_images(image_urls)
+        # cap images to avoid inline pipeline timeouts (AI analysis per photo)
+        MAX_IMAGES_PER_LISTING = 15
+        capped_urls = image_urls[:MAX_IMAGES_PER_LISTING] if len(image_urls) > MAX_IMAGES_PER_LISTING else image_urls
+        if len(image_urls) > MAX_IMAGES_PER_LISTING:
+            print(f"[crawler] {realty_id}: capping images {len(image_urls)} -> {MAX_IMAGES_PER_LISTING}")
+
+        if self.collector is not None and capped_urls:
+            image_paths, temp_dir = self._download_images(capped_urls)
 
         if self.collector is not None:
             if image_paths: