diff --git a/src/util/initial-config.yaml b/src/util/initial-config.yaml
index ad4db7f7df..17598ad083 100644
--- a/src/util/initial-config.yaml
+++ b/src/util/initial-config.yaml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ full_node:
   # How often to connect to introducer if we need to learn more peers
   introducer_connect_interval: 500
   # Continue trying to connect to more peers until this number of connections
-  target_peer_count: 10
+  target_peer_count: 15
   # Only connect to peers who we have heard about in the last recent_peer_threshold seconds
   recent_peer_threshold: 6000
 
diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/tests/pytest.ini
index 89461bd0ca..c790ea371f 100644
--- a/tests/pytest.ini
+++ b/tests/pytest.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [pytest]
 ; logging options
 log_cli = 1
-log_level = INFO
+log_level = WARNING
 log_format = %(asctime)s %(name)s: %(levelname)s %(message)s
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