diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index b5a91944..8fca95cc 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function Pool(node, options) {
       options.headers = true;
   } else {
     if (options.headers == null)
-      options.headers = true;
+      options.headers = false;
   }
 
   this.syncing = false;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function Pool(node, options) {
     interval: options.loadInterval || 20000
   };
 
-  this.requestTimeout = options.requestTimeout || 10 * 60000;
+  this.requestTimeout = options.requestTimeout || 20 * 60000;
 
   this.watchMap = {};