diff --git a/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier.go b/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier.go
index 6e62ea2b..13fb60b2 100644
--- a/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier.go
+++ b/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier.go
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ package pagetypeclassifier
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
+	"sync"
+
+	"fmt"
 
 	htmltomarkdown "github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown/v2"
+	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/ml/naive_bayes"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +34,58 @@ func (n *PageTypeClassifier) Classify(html string) string {
 	return n.classifier.Classify(text)
 }
 
+var (
+	// sanitizerPolicy is an aggressive bluemonday policy that strips most HTML
+	// to reduce nesting depth and prevent parser stack overflow
+	sanitizerPolicy     *bluemonday.Policy
+	sanitizerPolicyOnce sync.Once
+)
+
+// getSanitizerPolicy returns an aggressive HTML sanitizer policy that strips
+// most elements to reduce nesting depth and prevent parser stack overflow.
+func getSanitizerPolicy() *bluemonday.Policy {
+	sanitizerPolicyOnce.Do(func() {
+		p := bluemonday.NewPolicy()
+		// Allow only basic text elements with minimal nesting
+		// This aggressive policy helps reduce nesting depth significantly
+		p.AllowElements("p", "br", "div", "span", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6")
+		p.AllowElements("strong", "em", "b", "i", "u")
+		p.AllowElements("ul", "ol", "li")
+		p.AllowElements("blockquote", "pre", "code")
+		// Allow basic attributes but no style (which can cause nesting issues)
+		p.AllowStandardAttributes()
+		sanitizerPolicy = p
+	})
+	return sanitizerPolicy
+}
+
 // htmlToText safely converts HTML to text and protects against panics from Go's HTML parser.
-func htmlToText(html string) (string, error) {
-	return htmltomarkdown.ConvertString(html)
+// The 512 node limit in golang.org/x/net/html is hardcoded and cannot be increased.
+// Strategy:
+// 1. Always sanitize HTML with bluemonday first to remove useless elements and reduce nesting
+// 2. Convert sanitized HTML to markdown
+// 3. If conversion panics, recover and return empty string with error
+func htmlToText(html string) (text string, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("html parser panic: %v", r)
+			text = ""
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// First, sanitize HTML with bluemonday to strip useless elements and reduce nesting
+	sanitizedHTML := getSanitizerPolicy().Sanitize(html)
+
+	// If sanitization failed or produced empty result, return empty
+	if sanitizedHTML == "" {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	// Convert sanitized HTML to markdown
+	text, err = htmltomarkdown.ConvertString(sanitizedHTML)
+	if err != nil || text == "" {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return
 }
diff --git a/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier_test.go b/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier_test.go
index 4d0e9a78..944b12ce 100644
--- a/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier_test.go
+++ b/common/pagetypeclassifier/pagetypeclassifier_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestPageTypeClassifier(t *testing.T) {
-
 	t.Run("test creation of new PageTypeClassifier", func(t *testing.T) {
 		epc, err := New()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -56,4 +55,51 @@ func TestPageTypeClassifier(t *testing.T) {
 		</html>
 		`))
 	})
+
+	t.Run("test panic recovery with deeply nested HTML", func(t *testing.T) {
+		epc, err := New()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotNil(t, epc)
+
+		// Generate deeply nested HTML that exceeds the 512 node stack limit
+		// This should trigger a panic in the HTML parser, which we recover from
+		deeplyNestedHTML := "<div>"
+		for i := 0; i < 600; i++ {
+			deeplyNestedHTML += "<div><span>"
+		}
+		deeplyNestedHTML += "Some text content"
+		for i := 0; i < 600; i++ {
+			deeplyNestedHTML += "</span></div>"
+		}
+		deeplyNestedHTML += "</div>"
+
+		// Should not panic and should return "other" when htmlToText returns empty string
+		result := epc.Classify(deeplyNestedHTML)
+		require.Equal(t, "other", result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test htmlToText with deeply nested HTML", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Generate deeply nested HTML that exceeds the 512 node stack limit
+		deeplyNestedHTML := "<div>"
+		for i := 0; i < 600; i++ {
+			deeplyNestedHTML += "<div><span>"
+		}
+		deeplyNestedHTML += "Some text content"
+		for i := 0; i < 600; i++ {
+			deeplyNestedHTML += "</span></div>"
+		}
+		deeplyNestedHTML += "</div>"
+
+		// Should not panic and should return empty string with error on panic
+		result, err := htmlToText(deeplyNestedHTML)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "", result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test htmlToText with normal HTML", func(t *testing.T) {
+		normalHTML := `<html><body><h1>Title</h1><p>Some content here</p></body></html>`
+		result, err := htmlToText(normalHTML)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, result)
+	})
 }