diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index caa6108..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "src/puppeteer-cluster"]
-	path = src/puppeteer-cluster
-	url = https://github.com/NikolaiT/puppeteer-cluster
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 671d279..e6e4d33 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1350,6 +1350,14 @@
         "ws": "^6.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "puppeteer-cluster": {
+      "version": "0.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer-cluster/-/puppeteer-cluster-0.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sMhK7foa+gq8khtgvKar6xwIjmPFS92ZrDsnpMHcQMX2Q8hWmVSViHG7RhuAOmbfIbS7Ya+lViXlx1xtgUjarQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "debug": "^4.1.1"
+      }
+    },
     "puppeteer-extra": {
       "version": "2.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer-extra/-/puppeteer-extra-2.1.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4c4bad..662d902 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://scrapeulous.com/",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "cd src/puppeteer-cluster && npm install && npm run build",
     "test": "mocha test/static_tests/"
   },
   "keywords": [
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
     "got": "^9.6.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "puppeteer": "^2.0.0",
+    "puppeteer-cluster": "^0.18.0",
     "puppeteer-extra": "^2.1.3",
     "puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth": "^2.2.2",
     "user-agents": "^1.0.378",
diff --git a/src/concurrency-implementation.js b/src/concurrency-implementation.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d06650e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/concurrency-implementation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const { Browser } = require('puppeteer-cluster/dist/concurrency/builtInConcurrency');
+const debug = require('debug')('se-scraper:CustomConcurrency');
+const { timeoutExecute } = require('puppeteer-cluster/dist/util');
+
+const BROWSER_TIMEOUT = 5000;
+
+class CustomConcurrency extends Browser {
+
+    async init() {}
+    async close() {}
+
+    async workerInstance() {
+        const options = this.options.perBrowserOptions.shift();
+        let chrome = await this.puppeteer.launch(options);
+        let page;
+        let context;
+
+        return {
+            jobInstance: async () => {
+                await timeoutExecute(BROWSER_TIMEOUT, (async () => {
+                    context = await chrome.createIncognitoBrowserContext();
+                    page = await context.newPage();
+                })());
+
+                return {
+                    resources: {
+                        page,
+                    },
+
+                    close: async () => {
+                        await timeoutExecute(BROWSER_TIMEOUT, context.close());
+                    },
+                };
+            },
+
+            close: async () => {
+                await chrome.close();
+            },
+
+            repair: async () => {
+                debug('Starting repair');
+                try {
+                    // will probably fail, but just in case the repair was not necessary
+                    await chrome.close();
+                } catch (e) {}
+
+                // just relaunch as there is only one page per browser
+                chrome = await this.puppeteer.launch(options);
+            },
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = CustomConcurrency;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/node_scraper.js b/src/node_scraper.js
index 2f51169..c42e95e 100644
--- a/src/node_scraper.js
+++ b/src/node_scraper.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const { createLogger, format, transports } = require('winston');
 const { combine, timestamp, printf } = format;
 const debug = require('debug')('se-scraper:ScrapeManager');
+const { Cluster } = require('puppeteer-cluster');
 
 const UserAgent = require('user-agents');
 const google = require('./modules/google.js');
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const bing = require('./modules/bing.js');
 const yandex = require('./modules/yandex.js');
 const infospace = require('./modules/infospace.js');
 const duckduckgo = require('./modules/duckduckgo.js');
-const { Cluster } = require('./puppeteer-cluster/dist/index.js');
+const CustomConcurrencyImpl = require('./concurrency-implementation');
 
 const MAX_ALLOWED_BROWSERS = 6;
 
@@ -292,10 +293,11 @@ class ScrapeManager {
             this.cluster = await Cluster.launch({
                 monitor: this.config.puppeteer_cluster_config.monitor,
                 timeout: this.config.puppeteer_cluster_config.timeout, // max timeout set to 30 minutes
-                concurrency: this.config.puppeteer_cluster_config.concurrency,
+                concurrency: CustomConcurrencyImpl,
                 maxConcurrency: this.config.puppeteer_cluster_config.maxConcurrency,
-                puppeteerOptions: launch_args,
-                perBrowserOptions: perBrowserOptions,
+                puppeteerOptions: {
+                    perBrowserOptions: perBrowserOptions
+                }
             });
 
             this.cluster.on('taskerror', (err, data) => {
diff --git a/src/puppeteer-cluster b/src/puppeteer-cluster
deleted file mode 160000
index f333cd0..0000000
--- a/src/puppeteer-cluster
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f333cd0ffc7d5dbbc1b7df255986c13f353672d8