diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs
index ba3d659..c402790 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Domain/ActivityPubService.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Domain
             var signature = _cryptoService.SignAndGetSignatureHeader(date, actorUrl, targetHost, digest, usedInbox);
 
             var client = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
-            client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+            client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
             var httpRequestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage
             {
                 Method = HttpMethod.Post,
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs
index 8734cc5..a4f23cb 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
 
                 try
                 {
-                    var users = await _twitterUserDal.GetAllTwitterUsersWithFollowersAsync(500);
+                    var users = await _twitterUserDal.GetAllTwitterUsersWithFollowersAsync(2000);
 
                     var userCount = users.Any() ? Math.Min(users.Length, 50) : 1;
                     var splitUsers = users.OrderBy(a => rng.Next()).ToArray().Split(userCount).ToList();
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj b/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj
index b22302d..b5d2746 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/BirdsiteLive.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <UserSecretsId>d21486de-a812-47eb-a419-05682bb68856</UserSecretsId>
     <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
     <Version>0.20.0</Version>
-    <ThreadPoolMinThreads>10</ThreadPoolMinThreads>
+    <ThreadPoolMinThreads>12</ThreadPoolMinThreads>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>