diff --git a/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/modDA.rs b/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/modDA.rs
index 3c2229cf4b..a697f9d8e7 100644
--- a/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/modDA.rs
+++ b/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/modDA.rs
@@ -847,8 +847,6 @@ where
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
-        underlying_quorum_network.wait_for_ready().await;
-
         // Create the network
         let quorum_network: Libp2pCommChannel<
             TYPES,
@@ -872,7 +870,9 @@ where
             DAProposal<TYPES>,
             DAVote<TYPES>,
             MEMBERSHIP,
-        > = Libp2pCommChannel::new(underlying_quorum_network.into());
+        > = Libp2pCommChannel::new(underlying_quorum_network.clone().into());
+
+        underlying_quorum_network.wait_for_ready().await;
 
         Libp2pDARun {
             config,
diff --git a/crates/orchestrator/default-libp2p-run-config.toml b/crates/orchestrator/default-libp2p-run-config.toml
index c3ff7af5f0..5757f4d9f9 100644
--- a/crates/orchestrator/default-libp2p-run-config.toml
+++ b/crates/orchestrator/default-libp2p-run-config.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rounds = 100
+rounds = 10
 transactions_per_round = 10
 node_index = 0
 seed = [