diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index f96855e3..f09432ed 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -2773,6 +2773,11 @@ website_encodings:Windows-1252,utf8
 ## ignored when use_cloudscraper:true
 use_cloudscraper:true
 
+## Errors on more common during long downloads.  This way, at least
+## the chapters the worked are saved.  Often running an update will
+## fix the error chapters.
+continue_on_chapter_error:true
+
 ## fanfiction.net's 'cover' images are really just tiny thumbnails.
 ## Set this to true to never use them.
 #never_make_cover: false
@@ -2789,7 +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:8
+slow_down_sleep_time:10
 
 ## ffnet is sensitive to too many hits.  Users are sensitive to long
 ## waits during the initial metadata collection in the foreground.
@@ -2877,6 +2882,11 @@ slow_down_sleep_time:10
 ## ignored when use_cloudscraper:true
 use_cloudscraper:true
 
+## Errors on more common during long downloads.  This way, at least
+## the chapters the worked are saved.  Often running an update will
+## fix the error chapters.
+continue_on_chapter_error:true
+
 ## Clear FanFiction from defaults, fictionpress.com is original fiction.
 extratags:
 
@@ -2890,7 +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:4
+slow_down_sleep_time:10
 
 ## 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 2863eb70..b5f7de48 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -2804,6 +2804,11 @@ website_encodings:Windows-1252,utf8
 ## ignored when use_cloudscraper:true
 use_cloudscraper:true
 
+## Errors on more common during long downloads.  This way, at least
+## the chapters the worked are saved.  Often running an update will
+## fix the error chapters.
+continue_on_chapter_error:true
+
 ## fanfiction.net's 'cover' images are really just tiny thumbnails.
 ## Set this to true to never use them.
 #never_make_cover: false
@@ -2820,7 +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:8
+slow_down_sleep_time:10
 
 ## Extra metadata that this adapter knows about.  See [archiveofourown.org]
 ## for examples of how to use them.
@@ -2899,6 +2904,11 @@ slow_down_sleep_time:10
 ## ignored when use_cloudscraper:true
 use_cloudscraper:true
 
+## Errors on more common during long downloads.  This way, at least
+## the chapters the worked are saved.  Often running an update will
+## fix the error chapters.
+continue_on_chapter_error:true
+
 ## Clear FanFiction from defaults, fictionpress.com is original fiction.
 extratags:
 
@@ -2912,7 +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:4
+slow_down_sleep_time:10
 
 ## Date formats used by FanFicFare.  Published and Update don't usually have
 ## time, but they do now on ffnet.