diff --git a/consumer/src/solana.rs b/consumer/src/solana.rs
index 0ce1681..56cabb5 100644
--- a/consumer/src/solana.rs
+++ b/consumer/src/solana.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ macro_rules! with_retry {
                 &ExponentialBuilder::default()
                     .with_jitter()
                     .with_min_delay(Duration::from_millis(30))
-                    .with_max_times(15),
+                    .with_max_delay(Duration::from_secs(1))
+                    .with_max_times(25),
             )
             .notify(|err: &ClientError, dur: Duration| {
                 error!("retrying error {:?} in {:?}", err, dur);
@@ -273,7 +274,9 @@ impl Solana {
             message,
         };
 
-        let signature = with_retry!(self.rpc().send_transaction(&transaction))
+        let signature = with_retry!(self.rpc().send_transaction_with_config(&transaction, RpcSendTransactionConfig {
+            skip_preflight: true, ..Default::default()
+        }))
         .when(|e| {
             !matches!(e.kind, ClientErrorKind::TransactionError(_) | ClientErrorKind::SigningError(_)| ClientErrorKind::RpcError(RpcError::RpcResponseError {
                                     data:  solana_client::rpc_request::RpcResponseErrorData::SendTransactionPreflightFailure(_),
diff --git a/core/src/db.rs b/core/src/db.rs
index 18ce10b..66c33c6 100644
--- a/core/src/db.rs
+++ b/core/src/db.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ pub struct DbArgs {
     pub max_connections: u32,
     #[arg(long, env, default_value_t = 60)]
     pub connection_timeout: u64,
-    #[arg(long, env, default_value_t = 10)]
+    #[arg(long, env, default_value_t = 60)]
     pub acquire_timeout: u64,
-    #[arg(long, env, default_value_t = 10)]
+    #[arg(long, env, default_value_t = 20)]
     pub idle_timeout: u64,
     #[arg(long, env)]
     pub database_url: String,