diff --git a/bench/eval_config.toml b/bench/eval_config.toml
index c48480e84..0df903557 100644
--- a/bench/eval_config.toml
+++ b/bench/eval_config.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ evaluate = true
 multiprocess = 32
 # Cache generated outputs for resumption
 use_cache = true
+# Timeout per problem in seconds (default: 1800 = 30 min)
+timeout = 1800
+# OpenAI API request timeout in seconds (default: 3600 = 1 hour)
+openai_timeout = 3600
 # Output path for results
 output_path = "bench/lcb_results"
 
diff --git a/bench/exo_eval.py b/bench/exo_eval.py
index f138b2547..ae70ecb96 100644
--- a/bench/exo_eval.py
+++ b/bench/exo_eval.py
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ def run_livecodebench(
     fast = lcb_config.get("fast", True)  # Use code_generation_lite by default
     evaluate = lcb_config.get("evaluate", True)
     multiprocess = lcb_config.get("multiprocess", 4)
+    # Timeouts (high defaults for slow inference)
+    timeout = lcb_config.get("timeout", 1800)  # 30 min per problem
+    openai_timeout = lcb_config.get("openai_timeout", 3600)  # 1 hour per request
 
     exo_base_url = f"http://{host}:{port}/v1"
     effective_output = output_path or lcb_config.get("output_path", "bench/lcb_results")
@@ -545,6 +548,10 @@ def run_livecodebench(
     if multiprocess > 1:
         args.extend(["--multiprocess", str(multiprocess)])
 
+    # Add timeouts
+    args.extend(["--timeout", str(timeout)])
+    args.extend(["--openai_timeout", str(openai_timeout)])
+
     if limit is not None:
         args.extend(["--limit", str(limit)])