diff --git a/codex/contracts/market.nim b/codex/contracts/market.nim
index fdddcb220..6e9ffb87a 100644
--- a/codex/contracts/market.nim
+++ b/codex/contracts/market.nim
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ../logutils
 import ../market
 import ./marketplace
 import ./proofs
+import pkg/chronos
 
 export market
 
@@ -98,8 +99,11 @@ method mySlots*(market: OnChainMarket): Future[seq[SlotId]] {.async.} =
 method requestStorage(market: OnChainMarket, request: StorageRequest){.async.} =
   convertEthersError:
     debug "Requesting storage"
+    debugEcho "approving funds", Moment.now()
     await market.approveFunds(request.price())
+    debugEcho "requesting storage", Moment.now()
     discard await market.contract.requestStorage(request).confirm(1)
+    debugEcho "done requesting storage", Moment.now()
 
 method getRequest(market: OnChainMarket,
                   id: RequestId): Future[?StorageRequest] {.async.} =
diff --git a/tests/integration/testpurchasing.nim b/tests/integration/testpurchasing.nim
index 1e9fdbfab..f70427670 100644
--- a/tests/integration/testpurchasing.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/testpurchasing.nim
@@ -56,24 +56,24 @@ twonodessuite "Purchasing", debug1 = true, debug2 = false:
     let data = await RandomChunker.example(blocks=2)
     let cid = client1.upload(data).get
     let id = client1.requestStorage(cid,
-                                    duration=100.u256,
+                                    duration=10*60.u256,
                                     reward=2.u256,
                                     proofProbability=3.u256,
-                                    expiry=30,
+                                    expiry=5*60,
                                     collateral=200.u256,
                                     nodes=3.uint,
                                     tolerance=1.uint).get
-    check eventually(client1.purchaseStateIs(id, "submitted"), timeout = 10*1000)
+    check eventually(client1.purchaseStateIs(id, "submitted"), timeout = 4*60*1000)
     debugEcho "client state: ", client1.getPurchase(id).?state
     node1.restart()
     client1.restart()
 
     check eventually client1.purchaseStateIs(id, "submitted")
     let request = client1.getPurchase(id).get.request.get
-    check request.ask.duration == 100.u256
+    check request.ask.duration == (10*60).u256
     check request.ask.reward == 2.u256
     check request.ask.proofProbability == 3.u256
-    check request.expiry == 30
+    check request.expiry == (5*60).u256
     check request.ask.collateral == 200.u256
     check request.ask.slots == 3'u64
     check request.ask.maxSlotLoss == 1'u64