diff --git a/src/Projects.tsx b/src/Projects.tsx
index 9d6fdc6..d278687 100644
--- a/src/Projects.tsx
+++ b/src/Projects.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from "react";
-import { ProjectData, SERVER } from "./api";
+import { ProjectData, ProjectsRequestTimeoutError, SERVER } from "./api";
 
 export interface NameById {
   [key: number]: string;
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ export default function Projects({ selectedUser, nameById }: ProjectsProps) {
         setProjects(projects => [...(projects ?? []), ...page.projects]);
       }
       setHasMoreResults(page.hasMoreResults);
-    }).catch(() => {
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      if (error instanceof ProjectsRequestTimeoutError) {
+        alert(error.message);
+        return;
+      }
       alert("Something went wrong...");
     });
   }, [selectedUser]);
@@ -47,4 +51,4 @@ export default function Projects({ selectedUser, nameById }: ProjectsProps) {
       <button disabled={!hasMoreResults} onClick={loadMore}>{projects?.length ? `${projects.length} Project(s) Loaded - ` : ''}Load more</button>
     </div>
   );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/api/apiImpl.ts b/src/api/apiImpl.ts
index 41a1a55..6e172df 100644
--- a/src/api/apiImpl.ts
+++ b/src/api/apiImpl.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@ export interface ProjectsResponse {
   hasMoreResults: boolean;
 }
 
+const PROJECTS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;
+
+export const PROJECTS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MESSAGE =
+  "Request timed out. Possible infinite loop in api/pagination.py.";
+
+export class ProjectsRequestTimeoutError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string = PROJECTS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MESSAGE) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "ProjectsRequestTimeoutError";
+  }
+}
+
+function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof error === "object" &&
+    error !== null &&
+    "name" in error &&
+    error.name === "AbortError"
+  );
+}
+
 class DefaultServer {
   async getUsers(): Promise<UserData[]> {
     const response = await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/users');
@@ -28,8 +49,20 @@ class DefaultServer {
       url.searchParams.append('pageSize', options.pageSize.toString());
     }
 
-    const response = await fetch(url);
-    return response.json();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timeoutId = window.setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), PROJECTS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(url, { signal: controller.signal });
+      return response.json();
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (isAbortError(error)) {
+        throw new ProjectsRequestTimeoutError();
+      }
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      window.clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 06bf5aa..7fc7a2b 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { render } from "react-dom";
 
 import App from "./App";
 import { PROJECTS, USERS } from "./api/data";
-import { ProjectData, ProjectsResponse, SERVER, UserData } from "./api";
+import { ProjectData, ProjectsRequestTimeoutError, ProjectsResponse, SERVER, UserData } from "./api";
 
 const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
 render(<App />, rootElement);
@@ -16,18 +16,26 @@ render(<App />, rootElement);
     let hasMoreResults = true;
     let lastProject: ProjectData | undefined = undefined;
 
-    while (hasMoreResults) {
-      const page: ProjectsResponse = await SERVER.getProjects({ pageSize, startAfter: lastProject, userId: user?.id?.toString() });
-      if (page.hasMoreResults && page.projects.length < pageSize) {
-        console.log(
-          `❌ ${userString} // Improperly sized page - hasMoreResults: true but results.length < pageSize`
-        );
-        console.groupEnd();
+    try {
+      while (hasMoreResults) {
+        const page: ProjectsResponse = await SERVER.getProjects({ pageSize, startAfter: lastProject, userId: user?.id?.toString() });
+        if (page.hasMoreResults && page.projects.length < pageSize) {
+          console.log(
+            `❌ ${userString} // Improperly sized page - hasMoreResults: true but results.length < pageSize`
+          );
+          console.groupEnd();
+          return;
+        }
+        totalCountFromApi += page.projects.length;
+        hasMoreResults = page.hasMoreResults;
+        lastProject = page.projects[page.projects.length - 1];
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof ProjectsRequestTimeoutError) {
+        console.log(`❌ ${userString} // ${error.message}`);
         return;
       }
-      totalCountFromApi += page.projects.length;
-      hasMoreResults = page.hasMoreResults;
-      lastProject = page.projects[page.projects.length - 1];
+      throw error;
     }
 
     const filterCallback = user ? (project: ProjectData) => project.creatorId === user.id : undefined;
@@ -39,5 +47,7 @@ render(<App />, rootElement);
       console.log(`✅ ${userString} // Counts match: ${totalCountFromApi}`);
     }
   }
-  Promise.all([...USERS.map(testUser), testUser()]);
-}
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+  Promise.all([...USERS.map(testUser), testUser()]).catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error);
+  });
+}