diff --git a/src/crane/crane_master.go b/src/crane/crane_master.go
index 518994427f7c3f4b70c017b6305b26680b9efb16..92a4b2cc7bde30b54ca1dac16ce366570c5e6018 100644
--- a/src/crane/crane_master.go
+++ b/src/crane/crane_master.go
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func runSpout() {
 	fmt.Println("New job started running...")
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
-		time.Sleep(shared.CraneSpoutInterval)
+		// time.Sleep(shared.CraneSpoutInterval)
 		// activeListMux.Lock()
 		// fmt.Println(activeList)
 		// activeListMux.Unlock()
diff --git a/src/shared/shared.go b/src/shared/shared.go
index 135f5deadc8566aa995df772643cd5f4458400fa..816e6370ec408d1b27ac418115bc23a53d991aef 100644
--- a/src/shared/shared.go
+++ b/src/shared/shared.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const NumFileReplicas = 4
 // How long to wait to get the membership list from the introducer
 const IntroducerTimeout = 3 * time.Second
 const GrepTimeout = 5 * time.Second
-const ACKTimeout = 6000 * time.Millisecond
+const ACKTimeout = 4000 * time.Millisecond
 const PingInterval = 6000 * time.Millisecond
 
 // Simulate false positives by dropping packets before they are sent out