diff --git a/schemas/schemas_registry.py b/schemas/schemas_registry.py
index 10b34a6..724d97e 100644
--- a/schemas/schemas_registry.py
+++ b/schemas/schemas_registry.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def __init__(self, base_url):
 
     @backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo,
                           (requests.exceptions.RequestException, SchemaRegistryError, ),
-                          factor=10,
+                          factor=5,
                           max_tries=5)
     def fetch_all_schemas(self):
         logging.info(f"fetching schema registry")
diff --git a/svc/helpers.py b/svc/helpers.py
index ad712f4..867e518 100644
--- a/svc/helpers.py
+++ b/svc/helpers.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 @backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo,
                       (Exception,),
-                      factor=10,
+                      factor=5,
                       max_tries=5)
 def configure_mysql_connectors(conf, hostname='localhost', port='8083'):
     logging.info("configuring MySQL Kafka connectors")