diff --git a/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml b/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6d971708..569eafd9 100644
--- a/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -7478,7 +7478,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   extract-zip@2.0.1:
     dependencies:
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
       get-stream: 5.2.0
       yauzl: 2.10.0
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -7622,7 +7622,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       basic-ftp: 5.0.5
       data-uri-to-buffer: 6.0.2
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
       fs-extra: 11.2.0
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -7723,7 +7723,7 @@ snapshots:
   http-proxy-agent@7.0.2:
     dependencies:
       agent-base: 7.1.1
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
@@ -7771,7 +7771,7 @@ snapshots:
   https-proxy-agent@7.0.5:
     dependencies:
       agent-base: 7.1.1
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
@@ -8836,7 +8836,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@tootallnate/quickjs-emscripten': 0.23.0
       agent-base: 7.1.1
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
       get-uri: 6.0.3
       http-proxy-agent: 7.0.2
       https-proxy-agent: 7.0.5
@@ -9031,7 +9031,7 @@ snapshots:
   proxy-agent@6.4.0:
     dependencies:
       agent-base: 7.1.1
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
       http-proxy-agent: 7.0.2
       https-proxy-agent: 7.0.5
       lru-cache: 7.18.3
@@ -9338,7 +9338,7 @@ snapshots:
   socks-proxy-agent@8.0.4:
     dependencies:
       agent-base: 7.1.1
-      debug: 4.3.4
+      debug: 4.3.5
       socks: 2.8.3
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/scrape.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/scrape.ts
index ddd5da74..f1fe3431 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/scrape.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/scrape.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export async function scrapeController(
   try {
     doc = await waitForJob<Document>(jobId, timeout + totalWait); // TODO: better types for this
   } catch (e) {
-    logger.error(`Error in scrapeController: ${e}`);
+    logger.error(`Error in scrapeController: ${e}`, { jobId, scrapeId: jobId, startTime });
     if (
       e instanceof Error &&
       (e.message.startsWith("Job wait") || e.message === "timeout")
diff --git a/apps/api/src/main/runWebScraper.ts b/apps/api/src/main/runWebScraper.ts
index 83e899bb..5fb574d4 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/main/runWebScraper.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/main/runWebScraper.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ export async function runWebScraper({
         ...internalOptions,
       });
       if (!response.success) {
-        error = response.error;
         if (response.error instanceof Error) {
           throw response.error;
         } else {
@@ -124,7 +123,8 @@ export async function runWebScraper({
         // status code is good -- do not attempt retry
         break;
       }
-    } catch (error) {
+    } catch (_error) {
+      error = _error;
       engines =
         response !== undefined
           ? response.engines
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/index.ts
index a2deeed2..2dc134c9 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/index.ts
@@ -123,8 +123,13 @@ export async function scrapeURLWithFireEngineChromeCDP(
     // Include specified actions
     ...(meta.options.actions ?? []),
   ];
+
+  const totalWait = actions.reduce(
+    (a, x) => (x.type === "wait" ? (x.milliseconds ?? 1000) + a : a),
+    0,
+  );
   
-  const timeout = timeToRun ?? 300000;
+  const timeout = (timeToRun ?? 300000) + totalWait;
 
   const request: FireEngineScrapeRequestCommon &
     FireEngineScrapeRequestChromeCDP = {
@@ -146,18 +151,13 @@ export async function scrapeURLWithFireEngineChromeCDP(
     // TODO: scrollXPaths
   };
 
-  const totalWait = actions.reduce(
-    (a, x) => (x.type === "wait" ? (x.milliseconds ?? 1000) + a : a),
-    0,
-  );
-
   let response = await performFireEngineScrape(
     meta.logger.child({
       method: "scrapeURLWithFireEngineChromeCDP/callFireEngine",
       request,
     }),
     request,
-    timeout + totalWait,
+    timeout,
   );
 
   specialtyScrapeCheck(
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ export async function scrapeURLWithFireEnginePlaywright(
   meta: Meta,
   timeToRun: number | undefined,
 ): Promise<EngineScrapeResult> {
-  const timeout = timeToRun ?? 300000;
+  const totalWait = meta.options.waitFor;
+  const timeout = (timeToRun ?? 300000) + totalWait;
 
   const request: FireEngineScrapeRequestCommon &
     FireEngineScrapeRequestPlaywright = {
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ export async function scrapeURLWithFireEnginePlaywright(
       request,
     }),
     request,
-    timeout + meta.options.waitFor,
+    timeout,
   );
 
   specialtyScrapeCheck(
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts
index 24d5f002..0983e4b1 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/pdf/index.ts
@@ -140,9 +140,23 @@ export async function scrapePDF(meta: Meta, timeToRun: number | undefined): Prom
   const { response, tempFilePath } = await downloadFile(meta.id, meta.url);
 
   let result: PDFProcessorResult | null = null;
-  if (process.env.LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY) {
+
+  // First, try parsing with PdfParse
+  result = await scrapePDFWithParsePDF(
+    {
+      ...meta,
+      logger: meta.logger.child({
+        method: "scrapePDF/scrapePDFWithParsePDF",
+      }),
+    },
+    tempFilePath,
+  );
+
+
+  // If the parsed text is under 500 characters and LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY exists, try LlamaParse
+  if (result.markdown && result.markdown.length < 500 && process.env.LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY) {
     try {
-      result = await scrapePDFWithLlamaParse(
+      const llamaResult = await scrapePDFWithLlamaParse(
         {
           ...meta,
           logger: meta.logger.child({
@@ -152,16 +166,17 @@ export async function scrapePDF(meta: Meta, timeToRun: number | undefined): Prom
         tempFilePath,
         timeToRun,
       );
+      result = llamaResult; // Use LlamaParse result if successful
     } catch (error) {
       if (error instanceof Error && error.message === "LlamaParse timed out") {
-        meta.logger.warn("LlamaParse timed out -- falling back to parse-pdf", {
+        meta.logger.warn("LlamaParse timed out -- using parse-pdf result", {
           error,
         });
       } else if (error instanceof RemoveFeatureError) {
         throw error;
       } else {
         meta.logger.warn(
-          "LlamaParse failed to parse PDF -- falling back to parse-pdf",
+          "LlamaParse failed to parse PDF -- using parse-pdf result",
           { error },
         );
         Sentry.captureException(error);
@@ -169,18 +184,6 @@ export async function scrapePDF(meta: Meta, timeToRun: number | undefined): Prom
     }
   }
 
-  if (result === null) {
-    result = await scrapePDFWithParsePDF(
-      {
-        ...meta,
-        logger: meta.logger.child({
-          method: "scrapePDF/scrapePDFWithParsePDF",
-        }),
-      },
-      tempFilePath,
-    );
-  }
-
   await fs.unlink(tempFilePath);
 
   return {
@@ -190,4 +193,4 @@ export async function scrapePDF(meta: Meta, timeToRun: number | undefined): Prom
     html: result.html,
     markdown: result.markdown,
   };
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
index 800457a8..93bdb71b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ async function scrapeURLLoop(meta: Meta): Promise<ScrapeUrlResponse> {
   let result: EngineScrapeResultWithContext | null = null;
 
   const timeToRun = meta.options.timeout !== undefined
-    ? Math.round(meta.options.timeout / Math.min(fallbackList.length, 3))
+    ? Math.round(meta.options.timeout / Math.min(fallbackList.length, 2))
     : undefined
 
   for (const { engine, unsupportedFeatures } of fallbackList) {
diff --git a/apps/api/tsconfig.json b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
index 29093be6..ab2a9546 100644
--- a/apps/api/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"],
 
+
     // or higher
     "target": "ES2022",
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
       "*": ["node_modules/*", "src/types/*"],
     },
 
-    "inlineSources": true
+    "inlineSources": true,
   },
   "include": ["src/","src/**/*", "services/db/supabase.ts", "utils/utils.ts", "services/db/supabaseEmbeddings.ts", "utils/EventEmmitter.ts", "src/services/queue-service.ts"]
 }