diff --git a/lib/metacat.properties b/lib/metacat.properties
index a8ba73a32..7d07571dc 100755
--- a/lib/metacat.properties
+++ b/lib/metacat.properties
@@ -822,11 +822,11 @@ index.hazelcast.indexeventmap=hzIndexEventMap
 index.tdb.directory=/var/metacat/tdb
 index.accessLog.count.enabled=false
 #The time (millisecond) that the resource map processor waits for the solr doc readiness of its components 
-index.resourcemap.waitingComponent.time=100
+index.resourcemap.waitingComponent.time=300
 #The number of the attempts that the resource map processor tries to wait for the solr doc readiness of its components
 index.resourcemap.waitingComponent.max.attempts=5
 #The time (millisecond) that indexer will wait to grab a newer version of solr doc when a version conflict happened 
-index.solr.versionConflict.waiting.time=100
+index.solr.versionConflict.waiting.time=200
 #The number of the attempts that indexer tries to grab a newer version of solr doc when a version conflict happened 
 index.solr.versionConflict.max.attempts=2
 #You may specify the exact number of threads the indexer will use. 
diff --git a/metacat-index/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/index/SystemMetadataEventListener.java b/metacat-index/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/index/SystemMetadataEventListener.java
index fd1a69290..1de84342c 100644
--- a/metacat-index/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/index/SystemMetadataEventListener.java
+++ b/metacat-index/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/index/SystemMetadataEventListener.java
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ public class SystemMetadataEventListener implements EntryListener<Identifier, In
         if (specifiedThreadNumber > 0 && specifiedThreadNumber < nThreads) {
             nThreads = specifiedThreadNumber;
         }
-        log.info("SystemMetadataEventListener static part - the number of indexing threads specified in the metacat.properties file is " + specifiedThreadNumber +
-                ". The number of threads calculated from the available processors is " + availableProcessors + 
-                 ". The eventual number of threads will used in the executor is " + nThreads);
+        log.info("SystemMetadataEventListener static part - the size of index thread pool specified in the metacat.properties file is " + specifiedThreadNumber +
+                ". The size computed from the available processors is " + availableProcessors + 
+                 ". Final computed thread pool size for index executor: " + nThreads);
         //int nThreads = org.dataone.configuration.Settings.getConfiguration().getInt("index.thread.number", 1);
         //log.info("+++++++++++++++SystemMetadataEventListener.static - the number of threads will used in executors is " + nThreads);
         executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(nThreads);