diff --git a/sorteerhoed/HITStore.py b/sorteerhoed/HITStore.py
index 20ed307..8e7d6d6 100644
--- a/sorteerhoed/HITStore.py
+++ b/sorteerhoed/HITStore.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Store:
         return self.getAvgDurationOfPreviousNHits(5)
     
     def getHitTimeout(self):
-        return max(300, self.getAvgDurationOfPreviousNHits(5)*2)
+        return max(200, self.getAvgDurationOfPreviousNHits(5)*2)
     
     def getHITs(self, n = 100):
         return self.session.query(HIT).\
diff --git a/sorteerhoed/central_management.py b/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
index ec06296..baecde6 100644
--- a/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
+++ b/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ class CentralManagement():
                     HITId=self.currentHit.hit_id,
                     ExpireAt=datetime.datetime.fromisoformat('2015-01-01')
                 )
-                self.mturk.delete_hit(HITId=self.currentHit.hit_id)
+                try:
+                    self.mturk.delete_hit(HITId=self.currentHit.hit_id)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    self.logger.exception(e)
+
     def eventListener(self):
         while self.isRunning.is_set():
             try:
@@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ class CentralManagement():
         question = open(self.config['amazon']['task_xml'], mode='r').read().replace("{HIT_NR}",str(self.currentHit.id))
         estimatedHitDuration = self.store.getEstimatedHitDuration()
         
-        fee = max(.2, (self.config['hour_rate_aim']/3600.) * estimatedHitDuration)
+        fee = max(.25, (self.config['hour_rate_aim']/3600.) * estimatedHitDuration)
         self.currentHit.fee = fee
         self.logger.info(f"Based on average duration of {estimatedHitDuration} fee should be {fee}/hit to get hourly rate of {self.config['hour_rate_aim']}")
         new_hit = self.mturk.create_hit(