diff --git a/code/map_data_request.js b/code/map_data_request.js
index fac77036..9c4f52be 100644
--- a/code/map_data_request.js
+++ b/code/map_data_request.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ window.MapDataRequest = function() {
   this.MIN_TILES_PER_REQUEST = 4;
 
   // number of times to retry a tile after a 'bad' error (i.e. not a timeout)
-  this.MAX_TILE_RETRIES = 3;
+  this.MAX_TILE_RETRIES = 1;
 
   // refresh timers
   this.MOVE_REFRESH = 1; //time, after a map move (pan/zoom) before starting the refresh processing
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ window.MapDataRequest = function() {
   this.RUN_QUEUE_DELAY = 0.5;
 
   // delay before requeuing tiles in failed requests
-  this.BAD_REQUEST_REQUEUE_DELAY = 5; // longer delay before retrying a completely failed request - as in this case the servers are struggling
+  this.BAD_REQUEST_REQUEUE_DELAY = 10; // longer delay before retrying a completely failed request - as in this case the servers are struggling
 
   // a delay before processing the queue after requeuing tiles. this gives a chance for other requests to finish
   // or other requeue actions to happen before the queue is processed, allowing better grouping of requests