diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index f09432ed..f209db3a 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@ skip_author_cover:true
 ## fanfiction.net is blocking people more aggressively.  If you
 ## download fewer stories less often you can likely get by with
 ## reducing this sleep.
-slow_down_sleep_time:10
+slow_down_sleep_time:8
 
 ## ffnet is sensitive to too many hits.  Users are sensitive to long
 ## waits during the initial metadata collection in the foreground.
@@ -2803,7 +2803,7 @@ slow_down_sleep_time:10
 tweak_fg_sleep:true
 min_fg_sleep:3.0
 max_fg_sleep:8.0
-max_fg_sleep_at_downloads: 10
+max_fg_sleep_at_downloads:8
 
 ## Extra metadata that this adapter knows about.  See [archiveofourown.org]
 ## for examples of how to use them.
@@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@ cover_exclusion_regexp:(/imageu/|d_60_90\.jpg)
 ## fanfiction.net is blocking people more aggressively.  If you
 ## download fewer stories less often you can likely get by with
 ## reducing this sleep.
-slow_down_sleep_time:10
+slow_down_sleep_time:8
 
 ## Date formats used by FanFicFare.  Published and Update don't usually have
 ## time, but they do now on ffnet.
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index b5f7de48..061e0768 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@ skip_author_cover:true
 ## fanfiction.net is blocking people more aggressively.  If you
 ## download fewer stories less often you can likely get by with
 ## reducing this sleep.
-slow_down_sleep_time:10
+slow_down_sleep_time:8
 
 ## Extra metadata that this adapter knows about.  See [archiveofourown.org]
 ## for examples of how to use them.
@@ -2922,7 +2922,7 @@ cover_exclusion_regexp:(/imageu/|d_60_90\.jpg)
 ## fanfiction.net is blocking people more aggressively.  If you
 ## download fewer stories less often you can likely get by with
 ## reducing this sleep.
-slow_down_sleep_time:10
+slow_down_sleep_time:8
 
 ## Date formats used by FanFicFare.  Published and Update don't usually have
 ## time, but they do now on ffnet.