diff --git a/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go b/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
index c4ef927234..6619915fdb 100644
--- a/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func (r *reporter) makeClient() (err error) {
 		URL:      r.url,
 		Username: r.username,
 		Password: r.password,
+		Timeout:  10 * time.Second,
 	})
 
 	return
diff --git a/swarm/storage/chunker.go b/swarm/storage/chunker.go
index 5b36b477e0..af8fd389c3 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/chunker.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/chunker.go
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@ func (r *LazyChunkReader) join(ctx context.Context, b []byte, off int64, eoff in
 			chunkData, err := r.getter.Get(ctx, Reference(childAddress))
 			if err != nil {
 				metrics.GetOrRegisterResettingTimer("lcr.getter.get.err", nil).UpdateSince(startTime)
-				log.Debug("lazychunkreader.join", "key", fmt.Sprintf("%x", childAddress), "err", err)
 				select {
 				case errC <- fmt.Errorf("chunk %v-%v not found; key: %s", off, off+treeSize, fmt.Sprintf("%x", childAddress)):
 				case <-quitC: