diff --git a/src/browser/page.zig b/src/browser/page.zig
index 3e998e6d..e03fba1d 100644
--- a/src/browser/page.zig
+++ b/src/browser/page.zig
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ pub const Page = struct {
         return self.fetchData("module", src);
     }
 
-    pub fn wait(self: *Page) !void {
+    pub fn wait(self: *Page, wait_time: usize) !void {
         var try_catch: Env.TryCatch = undefined;
         try_catch.init(self.main_context);
         defer try_catch.deinit();
 
-        try self.session.browser.app.loop.run();
+        try self.session.browser.app.loop.run(wait_time);
 
         if (try_catch.hasCaught() == false) {
             log.debug(.browser, "page wait complete", .{});
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index c95f7a6d..ef68d139 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn run(alloc: Allocator) !void {
                 },
             };
 
-            try page.wait();
+            try page.wait(std.time.ns_per_s * 3);
 
             // dump
             if (opts.dump) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/loop.zig b/src/runtime/loop.zig
index 64e3898f..c90cb69d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/loop.zig
+++ b/src/runtime/loop.zig
@@ -102,12 +102,16 @@ pub const Loop = struct {
     // Stops when there is no more I/O events registered on the loop.
     // Note that I/O events callbacks might register more I/O events
     // on the go when they are executed (ie. nested I/O events).
-    pub fn run(self: *Self) !void {
+    pub fn run(self: *Self, wait_time: usize) !void {
         // stop repeating / interval timeouts from re-registering
         self.stopping = true;
         defer self.stopping = false;
 
-        while (self.pending_network_count != 0 or self.pending_timeout_count != 0) {
+        const max_iterations = wait_time / (std.time.ns_per_ms * 10);
+        for (0..max_iterations) |_| {
+            if (self.pending_network_count == 0 and self.pending_timeout_count == 0) {
+                break;
+            }
             self.io.run_for_ns(std.time.ns_per_ms * 10) catch |err| {
                 log.err(.loop, "deinit", .{ .err = err });
                 break;
@@ -187,12 +191,6 @@ pub const Loop = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn timeout(self: *Self, nanoseconds: u63, callback_node: ?*CallbackNode) !usize {
-        if (self.stopping) {
-            // Prevents a timeout callback from creating a new timeout, which
-            // would make `loop.run` run forever.
-            return 0;
-        }
-
         const completion = try self.alloc.create(Completion);
         errdefer self.alloc.destroy(completion);
         completion.* = undefined;
diff --git a/src/testing.zig b/src/testing.zig
index 75bb3a95..843240bb 100644
--- a/src/testing.zig
+++ b/src/testing.zig
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ pub const JsRunner = struct {
                 }
                 return err;
             };
-            try self.page.loop.run();
+            try self.page.loop.run(std.time.ns_per_ms * 200);
             @import("root").js_runner_duration += std.time.Instant.since(try std.time.Instant.now(), start);
 
             if (case.@"1") |expected| {