diff --git a/src/services/bookmarkProcessing.ts b/src/services/bookmarkProcessing.ts
index 0e0a8846..2bb33e01 100644
--- a/src/services/bookmarkProcessing.ts
+++ b/src/services/bookmarkProcessing.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
 } from '../types/bookmarks'
 import { BookmarkHiddenSymbol, hasNip04Decrypt, hasNip44Decrypt, processApplesauceBookmarks } from './bookmarkHelpers'
 import type { NostrEvent } from './bookmarkHelpers'
-import { withTimeout } from '../utils/async'
 
 type DecryptFn = (pubkey: string, content: string) => Promise<string>
 type UnlockHiddenTagsFn = typeof Helpers.unlockHiddenTags
@@ -42,13 +41,10 @@ async function decryptEvent(
       // NIP-44 starts with version byte (currently 0x02), NIP-04 is base64
       const looksLikeNip44 = evt.content.length > 0 && !evt.content.includes('?iv=')
       
-      // Try the likely method first, with a 5s timeout
+      // Try the likely method first (no timeout - let it fail naturally like debug page)
       if (looksLikeNip44 && hasNip44Decrypt(signerCandidate)) {
         try {
-          decryptedContent = await withTimeout(
-            (signerCandidate as { nip44: { decrypt: DecryptFn } }).nip44.decrypt(evt.pubkey, evt.content),
-            5000
-          )
+          decryptedContent = await (signerCandidate as { nip44: { decrypt: DecryptFn } }).nip44.decrypt(evt.pubkey, evt.content)
         } catch (err) {
           console.log("[bunker] ❌ nip44.decrypt failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
         }
@@ -57,10 +53,7 @@ async function decryptEvent(
       // Fallback to nip04 if nip44 failed or content looks like nip04
       if (!decryptedContent && hasNip04Decrypt(signerCandidate)) {
         try {
-          decryptedContent = await withTimeout(
-            (signerCandidate as { nip04: { decrypt: DecryptFn } }).nip04.decrypt(evt.pubkey, evt.content),
-            5000
-          )
+          decryptedContent = await (signerCandidate as { nip04: { decrypt: DecryptFn } }).nip04.decrypt(evt.pubkey, evt.content)
         } catch (err) {
           console.log("[bunker] ❌ nip04.decrypt failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
         }