diff --git a/hbs2-peer/app/BlockDownloadNew.hs b/hbs2-peer/app/BlockDownloadNew.hs
index 100386e1..49bb4f74 100644
--- a/hbs2-peer/app/BlockDownloadNew.hs
+++ b/hbs2-peer/app/BlockDownloadNew.hs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ runBurstMachine BurstMachine{..} = do
 
         new <- if e2 > e1 then do
                     let d = max 2.0 (current * (1.0 - down))
-                    nrates <- readTVar _rates <&> drop 3 . Map.toList
+                    nrates <- readTVar _rates <&> drop 5 . Map.toList
                     let newFucked = maybe d snd (headMay nrates)
                     writeTVar _rates (Map.fromList nrates)
                     pure newFucked
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ downloadFromPeerRec t bu0 cache env h0 peer = do
   qq <- newTQueueIO
   toq <- newTVarIO ( mempty :: [Int] )
 
-  bm <- newBurstMachine 0.5 256 (Just bu0) 0.05 0.10
+  bm <- newBurstMachine 10 256 (Just bu0) 0.10 0.35
 
   flip runContT pure do
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ downloadFromPeer t bu cache env h peer = liftIO $ withPeerM env do
              <&> fromMaybe 1000
              <&> (/1e6)
 
-  let waity = 10 * rtt
+  let waity = 20 * rtt
 
   sto <- getStorage
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ downloadFromPeer t bu cache env h peer = liftIO $ withPeerM env do
         let watchdog = fix \next -> do
              wx <- readTVarIO _wx <&> realToFrac
              -- debug $ "WATCHDOG" <+> pretty wx <+> pretty waity
-             r <- race (pause @'MilliSeconds (min wx waity)) do
+             r <- race (pause @'MilliSeconds (max wx waity)) do
                     void $ atomically $ readTQueue chuQ
              either (const none) (const next) r
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ downloadFromPeer t bu cache env h peer = liftIO $ withPeerM env do
 
         atomically do
           -- wx0 <- readTVar _wx
-          let wx1 = 2 * realToFrac (t1 - t0) * 100 / 1e6 -- millis
+          let wx1 = 1.50 * realToFrac (t1 - t0) * 100 / 1e6 -- millis
           writeTVar _wx wx1
 
         case r of
@@ -609,18 +609,19 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
 
         -- let color = if isJust s then green  else red
         -- debug $ color "GOT BLOCK SIZE" <+> pretty h <+> pretty s <+> pretty p
-        dtt <- randomRIO (-0.01, 0.01)
+        dtt <- randomRIO (-0.05, 0.05)
         -- let dtt = 0
         here <- hasBlock sto (coerce h) <&> isJust
         unless here do
           dt <- readTVarIO stat <&> (*(1+dtt)) . fromMaybe 1.0 . HM.lookup p
+          let rate = dt
           atomically do
             -- blkNum <- stateTVar _blkNum (\x -> (x, succ x))
             modifyTVar sizeCache (HM.insert (p,h) s)
             choo <- readTVar choosen <&> HS.member h
             maybe1 s none $ \size -> do
               unless choo do
-                modifyTVar downWip (HPSQ.insert (p,h) dt size)
+                modifyTVar downWip (HPSQ.insert (p,h) rate size)
 
   parseQ <- newTQueueIO
 
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
            modifyTVar choosen (HS.delete h)
 
   ContT $ withAsync $ forever do
-    let blkz = readTVarIO choosen <&> fmap (,30) . HS.toList
+    let blkz = readTVarIO choosen <&> fmap (,10) . HS.toList
     polling (Polling 1 1) blkz $ \h -> do
       here <- hasBlock sto (coerce h) <&> isJust
       if here then do
@@ -704,6 +705,7 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
       now <- getTimeCoarse
       unless here $ atomically do
         modifyTVar sizeRq (HPSQ.insert h now ())
+        modifyTVar choosen (HS.delete h)
 
   ContT $ withAsync $ forever do
     (h,bs) <- atomically $ readTQueue parseQ
@@ -748,7 +750,7 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
 
         dw <- readTVar downWip
 
-        let total = [ x | x@((p,_),_,_) <- L.take 10 (HPSQ.toList dw), HM.member p peers ]
+        let total = [ x | x@((p,_),_,_) <- L.take 32 (HPSQ.toList dw), HM.member p peers ]
 
         when (L.null total) retry
 
@@ -831,7 +833,7 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
 
       _sizeCache <- newTVarIO ( mempty :: HashMap HashRef (Maybe Integer) )
 
-      bm <- liftIO $ newBurstMachine 0.35 256 (Just 50) 0.01 0.15
+      bm <- liftIO $ newBurstMachine 5 256 (Just 50) 0.05 0.20
 
       void $ ContT $ bracket none $ const do
         debug $ "Cancelling thread for" <+> pretty p
@@ -871,7 +873,7 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
                 bu <- lift $ getCurrentBurst bm
 
                 t0 <- getTimeCoarse
-                r <- lift $ downloadFromPeer (TimeoutSec 60) bu (KnownSize s) env (coerce h) p
+                r <- lift $ downloadFromPeer (TimeoutSec 10) bu (KnownSize s) env (coerce h) p
                 t1 <- getTimeCoarse
 
                 case r of
@@ -886,7 +888,7 @@ downloadDispatcher brains env = flip runContT pure do
                     atomically $ modifyTVar  btimes ( take 100 . (dtsec :) )
                     liftIO $ answ (BlockFetched bs)
 
-                  Left{} | i >= 2     -> liftIO $ answ BlockFetchError
+                  Left{} | i >= 5     -> liftIO $ answ BlockFetchError
                          | otherwise  -> next (succ i)
 
       bs <- ContT $ withAsync $ forever do