diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 13b81d1a890b2392d07d29a3e25be0a6614c9eab..0a4f08af598d02045d4ea29f18a6660eedee894d 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -419,6 +419,16 @@ func (p *Peer) HandleInbound() {
 				if err != nil {
 					// If the parent is unknown try to catch up with this peer
 					if ethchain.IsParentErr(err) {
+						/*
+							b := ethchain.NewBlockFromRlpValue(msg.Data.Get(0))
+
+							peerlogger.Infof("Attempting to catch (%x). Parent known\n", b.Hash())
+							p.catchingUp = false
+
+							p.CatchupWithPeer(b.Hash())
+
+							peerlogger.Infoln(b)
+						*/
 						peerlogger.Infoln("Attempting to catch. Parent known")
 						p.catchingUp = false
 						p.CatchupWithPeer(p.ethereum.BlockChain().CurrentBlock.Hash())
@@ -744,7 +754,7 @@ func (p *Peer) CatchupWithPeer(blockHash []byte) {
 	if !p.catchingUp {
 		// Make sure nobody else is catching up when you want to do this
 		p.catchingUp = true
-		msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetChainTy, []interface{}{blockHash, uint64(50)})
+		msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetChainTy, []interface{}{blockHash, uint64(10)})
 		p.QueueMessage(msg)
 
 		peerlogger.DebugDetailf("Requesting blockchain %x... from peer %s\n", p.ethereum.BlockChain().CurrentBlock.Hash()[:4], p.conn.RemoteAddr())