diff --git a/scipost/forms.py b/scipost/forms.py
index 58279b0c78b551d5e9b74e6ec4c7dbbcf148d925..5c0ea177d1e0650cc391eaba8f66685787181d29 100644
--- a/scipost/forms.py
+++ b/scipost/forms.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ __license__ = "AGPL v3"
 
 import datetime
 import pyotp
+import re
 
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
@@ -701,6 +702,10 @@ class SearchForm(HayStackSearchForm):
         if not self.cleaned_data.get("q"):
             return self.no_query_found()
 
+        # Block queries matching flagged regex to avoid gunicorn worker timeout
+        if re.search(r'\w{8,}.www.\w{7,}.cn', self.cleaned_data["q"]):
+            return self.no_query_found()
+
         sqs = self.searchqueryset.auto_query(self.cleaned_data["q"])
 
         if self.load_all: