diff --git a/Source/Bake/Cooking/Editor.cs b/Source/Bake/Cooking/Editor.cs
index 7cbba7b7..8eecc459 100644
--- a/Source/Bake/Cooking/Editor.cs
+++ b/Source/Bake/Cooking/Editor.cs
@@ -20,17 +20,12 @@
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 // SOFTWARE.
 
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Bake.Cooking.Ingredients.Gathers;
 using Bake.Core;
 using Bake.Extensions;
 using Bake.Services;
 using Bake.ValueObjects;
-using Bake.ValueObjects.Artifacts;
 using Bake.ValueObjects.Recipes;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -68,7 +63,43 @@ public async Task<Book> ComposeAsync(
                 context.Ingredients.WorkingDirectory,
                 context.Ingredients.Version);
 
-            await Task.WhenAll(_gathers.Select(g => g.GatherAsync(context.Ingredients, cancellationToken)));
+            await ExecuteGatherersAsync(context, cancellationToken);
+
+            var recipes = await ExecuteComposersAsync(context, cancellationToken);
+
+            var book = new Book(
+                context.Ingredients,
+                recipes.ToArray());
+
+            if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
+            {
+                var yaml = await _yaml.SerializeAsync(book, cancellationToken);
+                _logger.LogTrace("Create the following YAML {Book}", yaml);
+            }
+
+            return book;
+        }
+
+        private async Task ExecuteGatherersAsync(Context context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            using var timeout = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+            timeout.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));
+
+            try
+            {
+                await Task.WhenAll(_gathers.Select(g => g.GatherAsync(context.Ingredients, timeout.Token)));
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) when (e is TaskCanceledException or OperationCanceledException && timeout.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Gathering repository meta data took too long! Aborting :(");
+                throw;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task<List<Recipe>> ExecuteComposersAsync(Context context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            using var timeout = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+            timeout.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));
 
             var recipes = new List<Recipe>();
             var composers = _composerOrdering.Order(_composers);
@@ -81,31 +112,21 @@ public async Task<Book> ComposeAsync(
                     composerTypeName);
 
                 var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-                var createdRecipes = await composer.ComposeAsync(context, cancellationToken);
+                var createdRecipes = await composer.ComposeAsync(context, timeout.Token);
                 _logger.LogInformation(
                     "Composer {ComposerType} finished after {TotalSeconds}",
                     composerTypeName,
                     stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
 
                 var createdArtifacts = createdRecipes
-                    .SelectMany(r => r.Artifacts ?? Artifact.Empty)
+                    .SelectMany(r => r.Artifacts)
                     .ToList();
 
                 recipes.AddRange(createdRecipes);
                 context.AddArtifacts(createdArtifacts);
             }
 
-            var book = new Book(
-                context.Ingredients,
-                recipes.ToArray());
-
-            if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
-            {
-                var yaml = await _yaml.SerializeAsync(book, cancellationToken);
-                _logger.LogTrace("Create the following YAML {Book}", yaml);
-            }
-
-            return book;
+            return recipes;
         }
     }
 }