diff --git a/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/database/DatabaseKoinModule.kt b/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/database/DatabaseKoinModule.kt
index cf97c5f1..d57bdce5 100644
--- a/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/database/DatabaseKoinModule.kt
+++ b/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/database/DatabaseKoinModule.kt
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ val databaseKoinModule =
                 }
                 isAutoCommit = false
                 transactionIsolation = "TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ"
-                connectionTimeout = 40_000L
+                connectionTimeout = 30_000L
                 maximumPoolSize = 30
                 minimumIdle = 5
-                maxLifetime = 600_000L // 10 minutes
-                validationTimeout = 12_000L
-                idleTimeout = 12_000L
+                maxLifetime = 300_000L // 5 minutes
+                validationTimeout = 10_000L
+                idleTimeout = 60_000L
                 leakDetectionThreshold = 60_000L
             }
         }
diff --git a/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/daemon/MonitorClaimOrderJob.kt b/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/daemon/MonitorClaimOrderJob.kt
index fe8959c1..8c34ea76 100644
--- a/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/daemon/MonitorClaimOrderJob.kt
+++ b/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/daemon/MonitorClaimOrderJob.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import io.newm.shared.koin.inject
 import io.newm.shared.ktx.toUUID
 import io.newm.txbuilder.ktx.extractFields
 import java.math.BigInteger
-import java.sql.Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.time.ZoneOffset
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ class MonitorClaimOrderJob : Job {
                             val submitTransactionResponse =
                                 cardanoRepository.submitTransaction(transactionBuilderResponse.transactionCbor)
                             if (submitTransactionResponse.result == "MsgAcceptTx") {
-                                newSuspendedTransaction(transactionIsolation = TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE) {
+                                newSuspendedTransaction {
                                     earningsRepository.claimed(
                                         claimOrderId = claimOrder.id!!,
                                         earningsIds = claimOrder.earningsIds
diff --git a/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/repo/EarningsRepositoryImpl.kt b/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/repo/EarningsRepositoryImpl.kt
index df38d23c..583b018f 100644
--- a/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/repo/EarningsRepositoryImpl.kt
+++ b/newm-server/src/main/kotlin/io/newm/server/features/earnings/repo/EarningsRepositoryImpl.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import io.newm.server.typealiases.SongId
 import io.newm.shared.koin.inject
 import io.newm.shared.ktx.toDate
 import io.newm.shared.ktx.toHexString
-import java.sql.Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE
 import java.time.Instant
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.util.UUID
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ class EarningsRepositoryImpl(
 
     private suspend fun createClaimOrderInternal(claimOrderRequest: ClaimOrderRequest): ClaimOrder? {
         val claimOrder =
-            newSuspendedTransaction(transactionIsolation = TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE) {
+            newSuspendedTransaction {
                 val stakeAddress = claimOrderRequest.walletAddress.extractStakeAddress(cardanoRepository.isMainnet())
                 // check for existing open claim record first
                 getActiveClaimOrderByStakeAddress(stakeAddress) ?: run {
diff --git a/newm-server/src/main/resources/monitor_orders_quartz.properties b/newm-server/src/main/resources/monitor_orders_quartz.properties
index e1b96511..3023c9e3 100644
--- a/newm-server/src/main/resources/monitor_orders_quartz.properties
+++ b/newm-server/src/main/resources/monitor_orders_quartz.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 org.quartz.scheduler.instanceId = AUTO
 org.quartz.scheduler.instanceName = ClaimOrdersScheduler
-org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount = 100
+org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount = 50
 org.quartz.jobStore.class = org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX
 org.quartz.jobStore.driverDelegateClass = org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.PostgreSQLDelegate
 org.quartz.jobStore.tablePrefix = QRTZ_
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ org.quartz.jobStore.dataSource = newmServerDatasource
 org.quartz.jobStore.isClustered = true
 org.quartz.jobStore.clusterCheckinInterval = 30000
 org.quartz.dataSource.newmServerDatasource.connectionProvider.class = io.newm.server.features.scheduler.SchedulerPoolingConnectionProvider
+org.quartz.scheduler.batchTriggerAcquisitionFireAheadTimeWindow = 10000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newm-server/src/main/resources/quartz.properties b/newm-server/src/main/resources/quartz.properties
index 21e9262c..9b10d37c 100644
--- a/newm-server/src/main/resources/quartz.properties
+++ b/newm-server/src/main/resources/quartz.properties
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ org.quartz.jobStore.dataSource = newmServerDatasource
 org.quartz.jobStore.isClustered = true
 org.quartz.jobStore.clusterCheckinInterval = 30000
 org.quartz.dataSource.newmServerDatasource.connectionProvider.class = io.newm.server.features.scheduler.SchedulerPoolingConnectionProvider
+org.quartz.scheduler.batchTriggerAcquisitionFireAheadTimeWindow = 10000