diff --git a/crawler/crawl.py b/crawler/crawl.py
index e324cd6..d35e58e 100644
--- a/crawler/crawl.py
+++ b/crawler/crawl.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import os
 import datetime
+import gc
 from typing import List
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed, TimeoutError
 
 
 from crawler.store.konzum import KonzumCrawler
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Timeout configurations (in seconds)
+OVERALL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 1200  # 10 minutes for entire crawl process
+CHAIN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 120  # 2 minutes per individual chain
+
 CRAWLERS = {
     StudenacCrawler.CHAIN: StudenacCrawler,
     SparCrawler.CHAIN: SparCrawler,
@@ -59,6 +65,44 @@
 }
 
 
+@dataclass
+class CrawlResult:
+    elapsed_time: float = 0
+    n_stores: int = 0
+    n_products: int = 0
+    n_prices: int = 0
+
+
+def crawl_chain_with_cleanup(
+    chain: str, date: datetime.date, path: Path
+) -> CrawlResult:
+    """
+    Crawl a specific retail chain with cleanup.
+    This is a wrapper that adds garbage collection after each chain completes.
+
+    Args:
+        chain: The name of the retail chain to crawl.
+        date: The date for which to fetch the product data.
+        path: The directory path where the data will be saved.
+
+    Returns:
+        CrawlResult with crawling statistics.
+    """
+    try:
+        logger.info(f"Starting crawl for {chain} on {date:%Y-%m-%d}")
+        result = crawl_chain(chain, date, path)
+        logger.info(
+            f"Completed crawl for {chain}: {result.n_stores} stores, {result.n_products} products, {result.n_prices} prices in {result.elapsed_time:.2f}s"
+        )
+        return result
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to crawl {chain}: {e}", exc_info=True)
+        return CrawlResult()  # Empty result for failed crawls
+    finally:
+        # Force garbage collection after each chain completes
+        gc.collect()
+
+
 def get_chains() -> List[str]:
     """
     Get the list of retail chains from the crawlers.
@@ -69,14 +113,6 @@ def get_chains() -> List[str]:
     return list(CRAWLERS.keys())
 
 
-@dataclass
-class CrawlResult:
-    elapsed_time: float = 0
-    n_stores: int = 0
-    n_products: int = 0
-    n_prices: int = 0
-
-
 def crawl_chain(chain: str, date: datetime.date, path: Path) -> CrawlResult:
     """
     Crawl a specific retail chain for product/pricing data and save it.
@@ -150,11 +186,44 @@ def crawl(
 
     results = {}
 
+    logger.info(f"Starting parallel crawl of {len(chains)} chains")
+
     t0 = time()
-    for chain in chains:
-        logger.info(f"Starting crawl for {chain} on {date:%Y-%m-%d}")
-        r = crawl_chain(chain, date, path / chain)
-        results[chain] = r
+
+    # Process chains in parallel using ThreadPoolExecutor
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(chains)) as executor:
+        # Submit chain crawling tasks
+        future_to_chain = {
+            executor.submit(crawl_chain_with_cleanup, chain, date, path / chain): chain
+            for chain in chains
+        }
+
+        # Collect results as they complete with timeout handling
+        try:
+            for future in as_completed(
+                future_to_chain, timeout=OVERALL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+            ):
+                chain = future_to_chain[future]
+                try:
+                    result = future.result(timeout=CHAIN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+                    results[chain] = result
+                except TimeoutError:
+                    logger.error(
+                        f"Chain '{chain}' timed out after {CHAIN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS // 60} minutes"
+                    )
+                    results[chain] = CrawlResult()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to crawl {chain}: {e}", exc_info=True)
+                    results[chain] = CrawlResult()
+        except TimeoutError:
+            logger.error(
+                f"Overall crawling process timed out after {OVERALL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS // 60} minutes"
+            )
+            # Add empty results for any remaining chains
+            for chain in chains:
+                if chain not in results:
+                    results[chain] = CrawlResult()
+
     t1 = time()
 
     logger.info(f"Crawled {','.join(chains)} for {date:%Y-%m-%d} in {t1 - t0:.2f}s")