diff --git a/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py b/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py
index 36bcf5dca..8ef34abac 100644
--- a/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py
+++ b/app/clients/cloudwatch/aws_cloudwatch.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def check_sms(self, message_id, notification_id, created_at):
                 message["delivery"].get("phoneCarrier", "Unknown Carrier"),
             )
 
-        if time_now > (created_at + timedelta(hours=3)):
+        if time_now > (created_at + timedelta(hours=73)):
             # see app/models.py Notification. This message corresponds to "permanent-failure",
             # but we are copy/pasting here to avoid circular imports.
             return "failure", "Unable to find carrier response."
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 12159e289..1ec8abd59 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Config(object):
     current_minute = (datetime.now().minute + 1) % 60
 
     CELERY = {
-        "worker_max_tasks_per_child": 500,
+        "worker_max_tasks_per_child": 2000,
         "broker_url": REDIS_URL,
         "broker_transport_options": {
             "visibility_timeout": 310,