diff --git a/code/class-textdex.php b/code/class-textdex.php
index da19e0c..9be460f 100644
--- a/code/class-textdex.php
+++ b/code/class-textdex.php
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ class Textdex {
 	/** @var int The maximum number of tuples per insert */
 	private $trigram_batch_size = 250;
 	/** @var int The number of posts per metadata query batch. */
-	private $batch_size = 100;
+	private $batch_size = 200;
 
 	private $attempted_inserts = 0;
 	private $actual_inserts = 0;
 
 	private $alias_chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
-	/** @var int Number of seconds for each batch-loading action. */
-	private $max_batch_duration = 25;
 
 	public function __construct() {
 		global $wpdb;
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ public function activate() {
 			$this->update_option( $textdex_status );
 		}
 		$old_version = array_key_exists( 'version', $textdex_status ) ? $textdex_status['version'] : FAST_WOO_ORDER_LOOKUP_VERSION;
-		if ( -1 === version_compare( $old_version, FAST_WOO_ORDER_LOOKUP_VERSION) ) {
+		if ( - 1 === version_compare( $old_version, FAST_WOO_ORDER_LOOKUP_VERSION ) ) {
 			if ( $this->new_minor_version( $old_version, FAST_WOO_ORDER_LOOKUP_VERSION ) ) {
 				$this->get_order_id_range();
 			}
@@ -103,10 +101,17 @@ public function load_textdex() {
 	public function load_batch() {
 		require_once( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'class-custom-fields.php' );
 		$start_time = time();
-		$end_time = $start_time + $this->max_batch_duration;
+		/* Give ourselves max_execution_time -10 sec to run, unless max_execution_time is very short. */
+		$max_time  = ini_get( 'max_execution_time' );
+		$safe_time = ( $max_time > 30 ) ? 10 : 2;
+		$end_time  = $start_time + $max_time - $safe_time;
+		$end_time  = ( $end_time > $start_time ) ? $end_time : $start_time + 1;
+		set_time_limit( $max_time );
+
+		/* Do the field name cache (this is idempotent) */
 		$cust = new Custom_Fields();
 		$cust->get_order_custom_field_names();
-		$done = false;
+		$done          = false;
 		$another_batch = false;
 		while ( ! $done ) {
 			$another_batch = $this->load_next_batch();
@@ -119,7 +124,9 @@ public function load_batch() {
 				$done = true;
 				continue;
 			}
+			set_time_limit( $max_time );
 		}
+		delete_transient( 'fast_woo_order_lookup_scheduled' );
 		if ( $another_batch ) {
 			$this->schedule_batch();
 		}
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ public function load_batch() {
 
 	public function schedule_batch() {
 		if ( $this->have_more_batches() ) {
-			as_enqueue_async_action( 'fast_woo_order_lookup_textdex_action', array(), 'fast_woo_order_lookup' );
+			as_enqueue_async_action( 'fast_woo_order_lookup_textdex_action', array(), 'fast_woo_order_lookup' , true);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/fast-woo-order-lookup.php b/fast-woo-order-lookup.php
index 5f2889c..452df1a 100644
--- a/fast-woo-order-lookup.php
+++ b/fast-woo-order-lookup.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Plugin URI:    https://plumislandmedia.net/wordpress-plugins/fast-woo-order-lookup/
  * Description:   Look up orders faster in large WooCommerce stores with many orders.
  * Version:       1.1.0
- * Author:        OllieJones
+ * Author:        Ollie Jones
  * Author URI:    https://github.com/OllieJones
  * Text Domain:   fast-woo-order-lookup
  * Domain Path:   /languages
diff --git a/languages/fast-woo-order-lookup.pot b/languages/fast-woo-order-lookup.pot
index 397ddcb..2f4009d 100644
--- a/languages/fast-woo-order-lookup.pot
+++ b/languages/fast-woo-order-lookup.pot
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-07T15:47:36-04:00\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-11T06:30:30-04:00\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "X-Generator: WP-CLI 2.9.0\n"
 "X-Domain: fast-woo-order-lookup\n"
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 919bfbe..e929050 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ The orders page itself contains a very slow query (to be fixed in Woocommerce 9.
 <h4>Credits</h4>
 Thanks to Leho Kraav for bringing this problem to my attention.
 
+Thanks to Sebastian Sommer for using early versions of the plugin on a large store.
+
 Thanks to Jetbrains for the use of their software development tools, especially [PhpStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/). It's hard to imagine how a plugin like this one could be developed without PhpStorm's tools for exploring epic code bases like WordPress's.
 
 <h4>How can I learn more about making my WordPress site more efficient?</h4>
@@ -82,15 +84,19 @@ Follow the usual procedure for installing a plugin from the wordpress.org plugin
 
 == Upgrade Notice ==
 
+A compatibiity issue with MariaDB 10.3 and earlier is fixed.
+
+Initial indexing load now uses longer chunks.
+
 Tnis plugin is now compatible with WooCommerce's updgrades to 9.0.0 and 8.9.3. And, it keeps a cache of custom field names for orders to avoid the very slow load time for order pages.
 
 When you install this upgrade, the plugin repeats the indexing process to add some new fields.
 
 == Changelog ==
 
-= 1.1.0 August 7, 2024 =
+= 1.1.0 August 11, 2024 =
 
-* Some MariaDB / MySQL versions implicitly cast integers to latin1 strings.
+* Some MariaDB / MySQL versions implicitly cast integers to latin1 strings causing problems. Explicit casting fixes the issue.
 
 = 1.0.2 August 5, 2024 =