diff --git a/code/go/0chain.net/blobbercore/challenge/protocol.go b/code/go/0chain.net/blobbercore/challenge/protocol.go
index 2e44bd945..55b8940c0 100644
--- a/code/go/0chain.net/blobbercore/challenge/protocol.go
+++ b/code/go/0chain.net/blobbercore/challenge/protocol.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func (cr *ChallengeEntity) LoadValidationTickets(ctx context.Context) error {
 	allocMu.RUnlock()
 
 	postDataBytes, err := json.Marshal(postData)
-	logging.Logger.Info("[challenge]post: ", zap.Any("challenge_id", cr.ChallengeID), zap.Any("post_data_len", len(postData)/(1024*1024)))
+	logging.Logger.Info("[challenge]post: ", zap.Any("challenge_id", cr.ChallengeID), zap.Any("post_data_len", len(postDataBytes)/(1024*1024)))
 	if err != nil {
 		logging.Logger.Error("[db]form: " + err.Error())
 		cr.CancelChallenge(ctx, err)
diff --git a/code/go/0chain.net/core/util/http.go b/code/go/0chain.net/core/util/http.go
index 0ba5c7713..40de50d3b 100644
--- a/code/go/0chain.net/core/util/http.go
+++ b/code/go/0chain.net/core/util/http.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-const MAX_RETRIES = 5
+const MAX_RETRIES = 3
 const SLEEP_BETWEEN_RETRIES = 5
 
 func NewHTTPRequest(method, url string, data []byte) (*http.Request, context.Context, context.CancelFunc, error) {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func NewHTTPRequest(method, url string, data []byte) (*http.Request, context.Con
 	req.Header.Set("X-App-Client-ID", node.Self.ID)
 	req.Header.Set("X-App-Client-Key", node.Self.PublicKey)
 	req.Header.Set("X-App-Request-Hash", requestHash)
-	ctx, cncl := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*60)
+	ctx, cncl := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*90)
 	return req, ctx, cncl, err
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func SendPostRequest(url string, data []byte, wg *sync.WaitGroup) (body []byte,
 		time.Sleep(SLEEP_BETWEEN_RETRIES * time.Second)
 	}
 	if resp == nil || err != nil {
-		Logger.Error("Failed after multiple retries", zap.Any("url", url), zap.Int("retried", MAX_RETRIES), zap.Error(err))
+		Logger.Error("Failed after multiple retries", zap.Any("url", url), zap.Int("retried", MAX_RETRIES), zap.Int("post_data_len", len(data)), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if resp.Body == nil {