diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.tsx b/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.tsx
index f925321..0e92a1b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const gameMachine = createMachine(
 
       faceOffResults: {
         after: {
-          20000: [
+          18000: [
             {
               target: "winnerLeadUp",
               cond: "completedRounds",
diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.typegen.ts b/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.typegen.ts
index d374581..acb38b6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.typegen.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/game/game-machine.typegen.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ export interface Typegen0 {
     "xstate.after(10000)#Machine.winner": {
       type: "xstate.after(10000)#Machine.winner";
     };
-    "xstate.after(20000)#Machine.faceOffResults": {
-      type: "xstate.after(20000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
+    "xstate.after(18000)#Machine.faceOffResults": {
+      type: "xstate.after(18000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
     };
     "xstate.after(4000)#Machine.nextRound": {
       type: "xstate.after(4000)#Machine.nextRound";
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ export interface Typegen0 {
     services: never;
   };
   eventsCausingActions: {
-    incrementQuestionIdx: "xstate.after(20000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
+    incrementQuestionIdx: "xstate.after(18000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
     resetContext: "NEXT";
-    startNewRound: "xstate.after(20000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
+    startNewRound: "xstate.after(18000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
   };
   eventsCausingDelays: {};
   eventsCausingGuards: {
-    completedCurrentRound: "xstate.after(20000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
-    completedRounds: "xstate.after(20000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
+    completedCurrentRound: "xstate.after(18000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
+    completedRounds: "xstate.after(18000)#Machine.faceOffResults";
   };
   eventsCausingServices: {};
   matchesStates:
diff --git a/apps/server/src/server.ts b/apps/server/src/server.ts
index 537d94e..9671e93 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/server.ts
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ export function buildServer() {
   // Rate limiter
   // Based on https://redis.io/commands/incr#pattern-rate-limiter-1
   app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
-    const isIPBlocked = await redis.get(`BLOCKED_${req.ip}`);
-
-    if (isIPBlocked) {
-      res.status(429).send("Too many requests - try again tomorrow");
-      return;
-    }
-
     let redisIncr: number;
     try {
       redisIncr = await redis.incr(req.ip);
@@ -82,17 +75,7 @@ export function buildServer() {
       throw error;
     }
     if (redisIncr > 10) {
-      const today = new Date();
-      const tomorrow = new Date(today);
-      tomorrow.setDate(tomorrow.getDate() + 1);
-      tomorrow.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
-      await redis.set(`BLOCKED_${req.ip}`, tomorrow.toISOString());
-      await redis.expireat(
-        `BLOCKED_${req.ip}`,
-        Math.floor(tomorrow.getTime() / 1000)
-      );
-      console.log("Blocked the IP Address:", req.ip);
-      res.status(429).send("Too many requests - try again tomorrow");
+      res.status(429).send("Too many requests - try again later");
       return;
     }
     await redis.expire(req.ip, 10);