diff --git a/airflow/include/tasks/extract/astro_forum_docs.py b/airflow/include/tasks/extract/astro_forum_docs.py
index 81044e04..26a08d49 100644
--- a/airflow/include/tasks/extract/astro_forum_docs.py
+++ b/airflow/include/tasks/extract/astro_forum_docs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import time
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ def filter_cutoff_questions(questions_urls: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     for question_url in questions_urls:
         try:
             html_content = requests.get(question_url).content
+            time.sleep(1)
         except requests.RequestException as e:
             logger.error(f"Error fetching content for {question_url}: {e}")
             continue  # Move on to the next iteration
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ def get_cutoff_questions(forum_url: str) -> set[str]:
     base_url = f"{forum_url}?page="
     all_valid_url = []
     while True:
+        time.sleep(1)
         page_url = f"{base_url}{page_number}"
         logger.info(page_url)
         page_number = page_number + 1
diff --git a/airflow/include/tasks/extract/utils/html_utils.py b/airflow/include/tasks/extract/utils/html_utils.py
index 2f30db8d..1caac139 100644
--- a/airflow/include/tasks/extract/utils/html_utils.py
+++ b/airflow/include/tasks/extract/utils/html_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import time
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ def fetch_page_content(url: str) -> str:
     param url: The url of a page
     """
     try:
-        response = requests.get(url)
+        response = requests.get(url, headers={"User-agent": "Ask Astro"})
         response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an HTTPError for bad responses
         return response.content
     except requests.RequestException:
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ def urls_to_dataframe(
     """
     content_list = []
     for url in urls:
+        time.sleep(1)
         data = process_url(url, doc_source, clean_tag, truncate_text)
         if data:
             content_list.append(data)