diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index f2cf26cd..dac0813e 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ Peer.prototype.destroy = function destroy() {
 // Private APIs
 
 Peer.prototype._write = function write(chunk) {
+  if (!this.socket)
+    return;
   if (NodeBuffer)
     this.socket.write(new NodeBuffer(chunk));
   else
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 587c4aa4..28745490 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ function Pool(options) {
   this.parallel = options.parallel || 2000;
   this.redundancy = 2;
   this.load = {
-    timeout: options.loadTimeout || 10000,
+    timeout: options.loadTimeout || 5000,
     window: options.loadWindow || 250,
     timer: null,
     lwm: options.lwm || this.parallel * 2,
     hwm: options.hwm || this.parallel * 8,
     hiReached: false
   };
-  this.maxRetries = options.maxRetries || 300;
-  this.requestTimeout = options.requestTimeout || 10000;
+  this.maxRetries = options.maxRetries || 10;
+  this.requestTimeout = options.requestTimeout || 5000;
   this.chain = new bcoin.chain();
   this.watchMap = {};
   this.bloom = new bcoin.bloom(8 * 1024,
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js b/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js
index 94c11a28..948d21d4 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TXPool.prototype.add = function add(tx) {
 
   // Do not add TX two times
   if (this._all[hash])
-    return;
+    return false;
   this._all[hash] = tx;
 
   // Consume unspent money or add orphans
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ TXPool.prototype.add = function add(tx) {
     // Add input to orphan
     orphan.tx.input(tx, orphan.index);
   }
+
+  return true;
 };
 
 TXPool.prototype.unspent = function unspent(wallet) {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/wallet.js b/lib/bcoin/wallet.js
index 47a2d131..a9c9b355 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/wallet.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/wallet.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Wallet.prototype.sign = function sign(tx, type) {
 };
 
 Wallet.prototype.addTX = function addTX(tx) {
-  this.tx.add(tx);
+  return this.tx.add(tx);
 };
 
 Wallet.prototype.unspent = function unspent() {