diff --git a/bin/lib/crawlers.py b/bin/lib/crawlers.py
index b5b8d132..50e7a575 100755
--- a/bin/lib/crawlers.py
+++ b/bin/lib/crawlers.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def extract_title_from_html(html):
             if title:
                 return str(title)
     except TimeoutException:
-        pass
+        signal.alarm(0)
     else:
         signal.alarm(0)
     return ''