diff --git a/extensions/react-widget/src/components/SearchBar.tsx b/extensions/react-widget/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
index f4e55a58..8cf30632 100644
--- a/extensions/react-widget/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/extensions/react-widget/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ const themes = {
 
 const Main = styled.div`
     all:initial;
-
     font-family: sans-serif;
 `
 const TextField = styled.input<{ inputWidth: string }>`
@@ -206,12 +205,14 @@ export const SearchBar = ({
     width = "240px"
 }: SearchBarProps) => {
     const [input, setInput] = React.useState<string>("");
-    const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState<boolean>(false)
+    const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
     const [isWidgetOpen, setIsWidgetOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
     const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
     const resultsRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
     const [isResultVisible, setIsResultVisible] = React.useState<boolean>(true);
     const [results, setResults] = React.useState<Result[]>([]);
+    const debounceTimeout = React.useRef<number | null>(null);
+    const abortControllerRef = React.useRef<AbortController | null>(null)
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const handleClickOutside = (event: MouseEvent) => {
             if (
@@ -228,18 +229,32 @@ export const SearchBar = ({
         };
     }, [])
     React.useEffect(() => {
-        input.length > 0 ?
-            (() => {
-                setLoading(true)
-                getSearchResults(input, apiKey, apiHost)
-                .then((data) => {
-                    setResults(data)
-                    setLoading(false)
-                })
+        if (!input) {
+            setResults([]);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (debounceTimeout.current) {
+            clearTimeout(debounceTimeout.current);
+        }
+
+        if (abortControllerRef.current) {
+            abortControllerRef.current.abort();
+        }
+        const abortController = new AbortController();
+        abortControllerRef.current = abortController;
+
+        debounceTimeout.current = setTimeout(() => {
+            setLoading(true);
+            getSearchResults(input, apiKey, apiHost, abortController.signal)
+                .then((data) => setResults(data))
                 .catch((err) => console.log(err))
-            })()
-            :
-            setResults([])
+                .finally(() => setLoading(false));
+        }, 500);
+
+        return () => {
+            abortController.abort();
+            clearTimeout(debounceTimeout.current ?? undefined);
+        };
     }, [input])
 
     const handleKeyDown = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
diff --git a/extensions/react-widget/src/requests/searchAPI.ts b/extensions/react-widget/src/requests/searchAPI.ts
index 18df3691..7411a810 100644
--- a/extensions/react-widget/src/requests/searchAPI.ts
+++ b/extensions/react-widget/src/requests/searchAPI.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
 import { Result } from "@/types";
 
-  async function getSearchResults(question: string, apiKey:string, apiHost:string): Promise<Result[]> {
- 
-    const payload = {
-      question,
-      api_key:apiKey
-    };
-  
-    try {
-      const response = await fetch(`${apiHost}/api/search`, {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify(payload),
-      });
-  
-      if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error(`Error: ${response.status}`);
-      }
-  
-      const data: Result[] = await response.json();
-      return data;
-  
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error("Failed to fetch documents:", error);
-      throw error;
+async function getSearchResults(question: string, apiKey: string, apiHost: string, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<Result[]> {
+
+  const payload = {
+    question,
+    api_key: apiKey
+  };
+
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(`${apiHost}/api/search`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+      signal: signal
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`Error: ${response.status}`);
     }
+
+    const data: Result[] = await response.json();
+    return data;
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!(error instanceof DOMException && error.name == "AbortError")) {
+      console.error("Failed to fetch documents:", error);
+    }
+    throw error;
   }
-  
-  export {
-    getSearchResults
-  }
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+}
+
+export {
+  getSearchResults
+}
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