diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
index cd20c9b6..89a46d0b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
@@ -148,13 +148,9 @@ class PendingList(PendingIndex):
     """manage the pending videos list"""
 
     yt_obs = {
-        "default_search": "ytsearch",
-        "quiet": True,
-        "check_formats": "selected",
         "noplaylist": True,
         "writethumbnail": True,
         "simulate": True,
-        "socket_timeout": 3,
     }
 
     def __init__(self, youtube_ids=False):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_base.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_base.py
index fd59a9dc..5cecc35a 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_base.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_base.py
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ class YtWrap:
         "default_search": "ytsearch",
         "quiet": True,
         "check_formats": "selected",
-        "socket_timeout": 3,
+        "socket_timeout": 10,
         "extractor_retries": 3,
+        "retries": 10,
     }
 
     def __init__(self, obs_request, config=False):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 34855484..4f1fbced 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ class VideoDownloader:
     def _build_obs_basic(self):
         """initial obs"""
         self.obs = {
-            "default_search": "ytsearch",
             "merge_output_format": "mp4",
             "outtmpl": (
                 self.config["application"]["cache_dir"]
@@ -326,13 +325,9 @@ class VideoDownloader:
             ),
             "progress_hooks": [self._progress_hook],
             "noprogress": True,
-            "quiet": True,
             "continuedl": True,
-            "retries": 3,
             "writethumbnail": False,
             "noplaylist": True,
-            "check_formats": "selected",
-            "socket_timeout": 3,
         }
 
     def _build_obs_user(self):