diff --git a/bin/SentimentAnalysis.py b/bin/SentimentAnalysis.py
index 09f59e40..d49dcb39 100755
--- a/bin/SentimentAnalysis.py
+++ b/bin/SentimentAnalysis.py
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ def Analyse(message, server):
         the_time = datetime.time(getattr(the_time, 'hour'), 0, 0)
         combined_datetime = datetime.datetime.combine(the_date, the_time)
         timestamp = calendar.timegm(combined_datetime.timetuple())
-    
+
         sentences = tokenize.sent_tokenize(p_content.decode('utf-8', 'ignore'))
-    
+
         if len(sentences) > 0:
             avg_score = {'neg': 0.0, 'neu': 0.0, 'pos': 0.0, 'compoundPos': 0.0, 'compoundNeg': 0.0}
             neg_line = 0
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ def Analyse(message, server):
                              pos_line += 1
                      else:
                          avg_score[k] += ss[k]
-    
-    
+
+
             for k in avg_score:
                 if k == 'compoundPos':
                     avg_score[k] = avg_score[k] / (pos_line if pos_line > 0 else 1)
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ def Analyse(message, server):
                     avg_score[k] = avg_score[k] / (neg_line if neg_line > 0 else 1)
                 else:
                     avg_score[k] = avg_score[k] / len(sentences)
-    
-    
+
+
             # In redis-levelDB: {} = set, () = K-V 
             # {Provider_set -> provider_i}
             # {Provider_TimestampInHour_i -> UniqID_i}_j
             # (UniqID_i -> PasteValue_i)
-    
+
             server.sadd('Provider_set', provider)
-    
+
             provider_timestamp = provider + '_' + str(timestamp)
             server.incr('UniqID')
             UniqID = server.get('UniqID')
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def Analyse(message, server):
             server.set(UniqID, avg_score)
     else:
         print 'Dropped:', p_MimeType
-    
+
 
 def isJSON(content):
     try:
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ def isJSON(content):
     except Exception,e:
         return False
 
+import signal
+
+class TimeoutException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+def timeout_handler(signum, frame):
+    raise TimeoutException
+
+signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, timeout_handler)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # If you wish to use an other port of channel, do not forget to run a subscriber accordingly (see launch_logs.sh)
     # Port of the redis instance used by pubsublogger
@@ -138,6 +148,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             publisher.debug("{} queue is empty, waiting".format(config_section))
             time.sleep(1)
             continue
-
-        Analyse(message, server)
+        signal.alarm(60)
+        try:
+            Analyse(message, server)
+        except TimeoutException:
+            print ("{0} processing timeout".format(message))
+            continue
+        else:
+            signal.alarm(0)