diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 1e576ca7..8065e214 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function Pool(options) {
 
   this.server = null;
   this.destroyed = false;
-  this.size = options.size || 32;
+  this.size = options.size || 8;
 
   this.blockdb = options.blockdb;
   this.mempool = options.mempool;
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlocks = function _handleBlocks(hashes, peer) {
     hash = hashes[i];
 
     if (this.chain.hasOrphan(hash)) {
+      utils.debug('Peer sent a hash that is already a known orphan.');
+
       // Make sure the peer doesn't send us
       // more than 200 orphans every 3 minutes.
       if (this.isOrphaning(peer)) {