diff --git a/go/worker/storage/committee/node.go b/go/worker/storage/committee/node.go
index 6b7eda4b9ac..16ccd2eda28 100644
--- a/go/worker/storage/committee/node.go
+++ b/go/worker/storage/committee/node.go
@@ -419,12 +419,10 @@ func (n *Node) WaitForRound(round uint64, root *storageApi.Root) (<-chan uint64,
 }
 
 func (n *Node) PauseCheckpointer(pause bool) error {
-	n.logger.Info("TRYING to pause checkpointer")
 	if !commonFlags.DebugDontBlameOasis() {
 		return api.ErrCantPauseCheckpointer
 	}
 	n.checkpointer.Pause(pause)
-	n.logger.Info("PAUSED checkpointer")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go/worker/storage/committee/utils.go b/go/worker/storage/committee/utils.go
index 7eb45870752..6fd61770b31 100644
--- a/go/worker/storage/committee/utils.go
+++ b/go/worker/storage/committee/utils.go
@@ -97,5 +97,6 @@ func (h *heartbeat) reset() {
 
 	boff := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
 	boff.InitialInterval = 5 * time.Second
+	boff.MaxElapsedTime = 0
 	h.Ticker = backoff.NewTicker(boff)
 }