diff --git a/piker/brokers/binance.py b/piker/brokers/binance.py
index 1820b6c6..6f3014d1 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/binance.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/binance.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ _ohlc_dtype = [
 ohlc_dtype = np.dtype(_ohlc_dtype)
 
 _show_wap_in_history = False
-_search_conf = {'pause_period': 0.375}
+_search_conf = {'pause_period': 0.0616}
 
 
 # https://binance-docs.github.io/apidocs/spot/en/#exchange-information
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ async def stream_messages(ws):
         if cs.cancelled_caught:
 
             timeouts += 1
-            if timeouts > 2:
+            if timeouts > 10:
                 raise trio.TooSlowError("binance feed seems down?")
 
             continue