diff --git a/scrape.py b/scrape.py
index de9ad70..05a4064 100644
--- a/scrape.py
+++ b/scrape.py
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ async def main():
                 else:
                     # no new posts found
                     pass
-            next_update = datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes=30)
+            next_update = datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes=15)
 
         for mxid in next_batch:
-            sync = await matrix[mxid].sync(timeout=10000,
+            sync = await matrix[mxid].sync(timeout=30000,
                                            sync_filter=sync_filter,
                                            since=next_batch[mxid])
             next_batch[mxid] = sync.next_batch