diff --git a/src/cryptonote_config.h b/src/cryptonote_config.h
index bc17b7e81..826cabe17 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_config.h
+++ b/src/cryptonote_config.h
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@
 
 
 #define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_STEMS              2 // number of outgoing stem connections per epoch
-#define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_FLUFF_PROBABILITY 10 // out of 100
+#define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_FLUFF_PROBABILITY 20 // out of 100
 #define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_MIN_EPOCH         10 // minutes
 #define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_EPOCH_RANGE       30 // seconds
 #define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_FLUSH_AVERAGE      5 // seconds average for poisson distributed fluff flush
-#define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_EMBARGO_AVERAGE  173 // seconds (see tx_pool.cpp for more info)
+#define CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_EMBARGO_AVERAGE   39 // seconds (see tx_pool.cpp for more info)
 
 // see src/cryptonote_protocol/levin_notify.cpp
 #define CRYPTONOTE_NOISE_MIN_EPOCH                      5      // minutes
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index 0db133b62..d059ab78f 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ namespace cryptonote
         not ideal since a blackhole is more likely to reveal earlier nodes in
         the chain.
 
-        This value was calculated with k=10, ep=0.10, and hop = 175 ms. A
+        This value was calculated with k=5, ep=0.10, and hop = 175 ms. A
         testrun from a recent Intel laptop took ~80ms to
         receive+parse+proces+send transaction. At least 50ms will be added to
         the latency if crossing an ocean. So 175ms is the fudge factor for
-        a single hop with 173s being the embargo timer. */
+        a single hop with 39s being the embargo timer. */
     constexpr const std::chrono::seconds dandelionpp_embargo_average{CRYPTONOTE_DANDELIONPP_EMBARGO_AVERAGE};
 
     //TODO: constants such as these should at least be in the header,