diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/GetRequest.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/GetRequest.py
index 856fd82c5..018b92751 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/GetRequest.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/GetRequest.py
@@ -25,48 +25,46 @@ class GetRequest(CustomComponent):
     }
 
     def get_document(
-        self,
-        url: str,
-        headers: Optional[dict] = None,
+        self, session: requests.Session, url: str, headers: Optional[dict], timeout: int
     ) -> Document:
         try:
-            if headers is None:
-                headers = {}
-            with requests.Session() as session:
-                response = session.get(url, headers=headers)
-                try:
-                    response_json = response.json()
-                    result = orjson_dumps(response_json, indent_2=False)
-                except Exception:
-                    result = response.text
-                self.repr_value = result
-                return Document(
-                    page_content=result,
-                    metadata={
-                        "source": url,
-                        "headers": headers,
-                        "status_code": response.status_code,
-                    },
-                )
-        except Exception as exc:
+            response = session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=timeout)
+            try:
+                response_json = response.json()
+                result = orjson_dumps(response_json, indent=2)
+            except Exception:
+                result = response.text
+            self.repr_value = result
             return Document(
-                page_content=str(exc),
+                page_content=result,
                 metadata={
                     "source": url,
                     "headers": headers,
-                    "status_code": 500,
+                    "status_code": response.status_code,
                 },
             )
+        except requests.Timeout:
+            return Document(
+                page_content="Request Timed Out",
+                metadata={"source": url, "headers": headers, "status_code": 408},
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return Document(
+                page_content=str(exc),
+                metadata={"source": url, "headers": headers, "status_code": 500},
+            )
 
     def build(
         self,
         url: str,
         headers: Optional[dict] = None,
+        timeout: int = 5,
     ) -> Document:
         if headers is None:
             headers = {}
         if not isinstance(url, list):
             url = [url]
-        documents = [self.get_document(u, headers) for u in url]
-        self.repr_value = documents
+        with requests.Session() as session:
+            documents = [self.get_document(session, u, headers, timeout) for u in url]
+            self.repr_value = documents
         return documents