diff --git a/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Actors/Peer.hs b/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Actors/Peer.hs
index dc0cbe2f..c26b6549 100644
--- a/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Actors/Peer.hs
+++ b/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Actors/Peer.hs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import Control.Concurrent.STM.TVar
 import Control.Concurrent.STM
 import Data.Hashable (hash)
 
+import Codec.Serialise (serialise, deserialiseOrFail)
+
 import Prettyprinter hiding (pipe)
 
 data AnyStorage = forall zu . (Block ByteString ~ ByteString, Storage zu HbSync ByteString IO) => AnyStorage zu
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ instance (IsKey HbSync, Key HbSync ~ Hash HbSync, Block ByteString ~ ByteString)
   getChunk (AnyStorage s) = getChunk s
   hasBlock (AnyStorage s) = hasBlock s
 
-data AnyMessage enc e = AnyMessage Integer (Encoded e)
+data AnyMessage enc e = AnyMessage !Integer !(Encoded e)
                        deriving stock (Generic)
 
 class Monad m => HasOwnPeer e m where
@@ -70,9 +72,16 @@ instance Messaging (Fabriq e) e (AnyMessage (Encoded e) e) => PeerMessaging e
 
 
 instance (HasPeer e, Encoded e ~ ByteString) => Messaging (Fabriq e) e (AnyMessage ByteString e) where
-  sendTo (Fabriq bus) = undefined -- sendTo bus
-  receive (Fabriq bus) = undefined -- receive bus
+  sendTo (Fabriq bus) t f (AnyMessage n bs) = sendTo bus t f (serialise (n, bs))
 
+  receive (Fabriq bus) t = do
+    recv <- receive @_ @e @ByteString bus t
+    r <- forM recv $ \(f, msg) ->
+          case deserialiseOrFail msg of
+            Right (n,bs) -> pure $ Just (f, AnyMessage n bs)
+            Left _       -> liftIO (print "FUCK!") >> pure Nothing -- FIXME what to do with undecoded messages?
+
+    pure $ catMaybes r
 
 data AnyProtocol e m = forall p  . ( HasProtocol e p
                                    , Response e p m
diff --git a/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Defaults.hs b/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Defaults.hs
index 64ed873b..0d4e4f37 100644
--- a/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Defaults.hs
+++ b/hbs2-core/lib/HBS2/Defaults.hs
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ defProtoPipelineSize :: Int
 defProtoPipelineSize = 2000
 
 defCookieTimeout :: TimeSpec
-defCookieTimeout = toTimeSpec ( 120  :: Timeout 'Minutes)
+defCookieTimeout = toTimeSpec ( 300 :: Timeout 'Minutes)
 
 defBlockInfoTimeout :: TimeSpec
-defBlockInfoTimeout = toTimeSpec ( 120  :: Timeout 'Minutes)
+defBlockInfoTimeout = toTimeSpec ( 300  :: Timeout 'Minutes)
 
 -- how much time wait for block from peer?
 defBlockWaitMax :: Timeout 'Seconds
-defBlockWaitMax = 60 :: Timeout 'Seconds
+defBlockWaitMax = 300 :: Timeout 'Seconds
 
 defSweepTimeout :: Timeout 'Seconds
 defSweepTimeout = 5 -- FIXME: only for debug!
diff --git a/hbs2-storage-simple/lib/HBS2/Storage/Simple.hs b/hbs2-storage-simple/lib/HBS2/Storage/Simple.hs
index 80d4fc9d..3980a242 100644
--- a/hbs2-storage-simple/lib/HBS2/Storage/Simple.hs
+++ b/hbs2-storage-simple/lib/HBS2/Storage/Simple.hs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ simpleStorageWorker ss = do
       Just a  -> a >> next
 
   killer <- async $ forever $ do
-    pause ( 20 :: Timeout 'Seconds ) -- FIXME: setting
+    pause ( 30 :: Timeout 'Seconds ) -- FIXME: setting
 
     atomically $ do
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ simpleGetChunkLazy s key off size = do
   let action = do
        let fn = simpleBlockFileName s key
 
-       bs <- (Just <$> touchForRead s key) `catchAny` const (pure Nothing)  -- FIXME: log this situation (file not found)
+       bs <- (Just <$> touchForRead s key) `catchAny` \e -> liftIO (print "CANT MMAP") >> (pure Nothing)  -- FIXME: log this situation (file not found)
 
        let result = BS.take (fromIntegral size) . BS.drop (fromIntegral off) <$> bs