diff --git a/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/message-list.tsx b/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/message-list.tsx
index e798a7c..ace175a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/message-list.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/message-list.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ export function MessageList({
                       status: "failed",
                       error: result.split("Task failed.")[1]?.trim(),
                     });
+                  } else if (result.startsWith("Task timed out")) {
+                    updateSubtask({
+                      id: taskId,
+                      status: "failed",
+                      error: result,
+                    });
                   } else {
                     updateSubtask({
                       id: taskId,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/subtask-card.tsx b/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/subtask-card.tsx
index c5cd398..87057c2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/subtask-card.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/subtask-card.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import { Shimmer } from "@/components/ai-elements/shimmer";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { ShineBorder } from "@/components/ui/shine-border";
 import { useI18n } from "@/core/i18n/hooks";
-import { streamdownPlugins } from "@/core/streamdown";
+import {
+  streamdownPlugins,
+  streamdownPluginsWithWordAnimation,
+} from "@/core/streamdown";
 import { useSubtask } from "@/core/tasks/context";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
@@ -98,7 +101,9 @@ export function SubtaskCard({
         {task.prompt && (
           <ChainOfThoughtStep
             label={
-              <Streamdown {...streamdownPlugins}>{task.prompt}</Streamdown>
+              <Streamdown {...streamdownPluginsWithWordAnimation}>
+                {task.prompt}
+              </Streamdown>
             }
           ></ChainOfThoughtStep>
         )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/streamdown/plugins.ts b/frontend/src/core/streamdown/plugins.ts
index b0d9824..d829a53 100644
--- a/frontend/src/core/streamdown/plugins.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/core/streamdown/plugins.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
 import remarkMath from "remark-math";
 import type { StreamdownProps } from "streamdown";
 
+import { rehypeSplitWordsIntoSpans } from "../rehype";
+
 export const streamdownPlugins = {
   remarkPlugins: [
     remarkGfm,
@@ -13,6 +15,17 @@ export const streamdownPlugins = {
   ] as StreamdownProps["rehypePlugins"],
 };
 
+export const streamdownPluginsWithWordAnimation = {
+  remarkPlugins: [
+    remarkGfm,
+    [remarkMath, { singleDollarTextMath: true }],
+  ] as StreamdownProps["remarkPlugins"],
+  rehypePlugins: [
+    [rehypeKatex, { output: "html" }],
+    rehypeSplitWordsIntoSpans,
+  ] as StreamdownProps["rehypePlugins"],
+};
+
 // Plugins for human messages - no autolink to prevent URL bleeding into adjacent text
 export const humanMessagePlugins = {
   remarkPlugins: [