diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2389220..e5cb1d9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -815,11 +815,11 @@
     },
     "nixos-hardware": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1730919458,
-        "narHash": "sha256-yMO0T0QJlmT/x4HEyvrCyigGrdYfIXX3e5gWqB64wLg=",
+        "lastModified": 1731332224,
+        "narHash": "sha256-0ctfVp27ingWtY7dbP5+QpSQ98HaOZleU0teyHQUAw0=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixos-hardware",
-        "rev": "e1cc1f6483393634aee94514186d21a4871e78d7",
+        "rev": "184687ae1a3139faa4746168baf071f60d0310c8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -977,11 +977,11 @@
         "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix_2"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1731281996,
-        "narHash": "sha256-xdNFY/wcs8i9qluVbTAVh5JLlhI/r4JJfXb0yfEj1Ks=",
+        "lastModified": 1731356813,
+        "narHash": "sha256-w0TJwJwZd9so/chWYFFEtOQdnXTCvmNXIHs1FWJDlMM=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "nixvim",
-        "rev": "57068f532d5d42601fd74e2b531204fe1cd3a8f2",
+        "rev": "c892aa20732f982d4cc2b3ef2e2276a2a9a4d45b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -1059,11 +1059,11 @@
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable_2"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1731213149,
-        "narHash": "sha256-jR8i6nFLmSmm0cIoeRQ8Q4EBARa3oGaAtEER/OMMxus=",
+        "lastModified": 1731364708,
+        "narHash": "sha256-HC0anOL+KmUQ2hdRl0AtunbAckasxrkn4VLmxbW/WaA=",
         "owner": "Mic92",
         "repo": "sops-nix",
-        "rev": "f1675e3b0e1e663a4af49be67ecbc9e749f85eb7",
+        "rev": "4c91d52db103e757fc25b58998b0576ae702d659",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/modules/restic/default.nix b/modules/restic/default.nix
index fa6640c..6b7d1f5 100644
--- a/modules/restic/default.nix
+++ b/modules/restic/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ in {
       initialize = true;
       repository = "sftp:${cfg.remoteUser}@${cfg.remote}:${cfg.repo}";
       passwordFile = config.sops.secrets."restic/${cfg.remoteUser}/password".path;
+      extraBackupArgs = [
+        "--compression=max"
+        "--pack-size=128"
+        "--read-concurrency=8"
+      ];
       extraOptions = let
         knownHost = pkgs.writeText "${cfg.remote}-known-host" (builtins.readFile ./${cfg.remote}/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub);
         sshKey = config.sops.secrets."restic/${cfg.remoteUser}/id_ed25519".path;
diff --git a/pkgs/update-nixfiles/update-nixfiles.sh b/pkgs/update-nixfiles/update-nixfiles.sh
index d9f04cd..02e6fbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/update-nixfiles/update-nixfiles.sh
+++ b/pkgs/update-nixfiles/update-nixfiles.sh
@@ -59,15 +59,17 @@ wait_for_hydra () {
   local counter
   counter=0
   git_rev="$(git -C "${1}/nixfiles" rev-parse update-inputs)"
-  while true; do
+  while [[ $counter -lt 180 ]]; do
+    counter=$((counter +1))
     hydra_rev="$(curl -s -L -H "Accept: application/json" "${2}/evals" | jq -r '.evals | max_by(.id) | .flake' | sed -E "s/.+&rev=(.*)/\1/g")"
     if [[ "${git_rev}" == "${hydra_rev}" ]]; then
       echo "Hydra got new commit"
       break
     fi
-    sleep 30
+    sleep 5
   done
-  if [[ $counter -ge 30 ]]; then 
+
+  if [[ $counter -ge 180 ]]; then
     echo "Hydra no workey"
     exit 1
   fi