diff --git a/bin/crontab_scripts/notify.sh b/bin/crontab_scripts/notify.sh
index b674177..7cf5081 100644
--- a/bin/crontab_scripts/notify.sh
+++ b/bin/crontab_scripts/notify.sh
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ FILES=$(find "$LOG_DIR" -type f \( -name "*_$TODAY.log" -o -name "*_$YESTERDAY.l
 # Initialize an empty array to store files with matches
 MATCHED_FILES=()
 
+# Ignore errors with user profile service that trigger a re-try
+IGNORE_PATTERN="SKIPPING profile batch for users"
+
 # Check if any files were found
 if [ -n "$FILES" ]; then
     # Search for "exception" or "traceback" or "Errno" in the found files
     for FILE in $FILES; do
-        if grep -qiE "exception|traceback|Errno" "$FILE"; then
+        if grep -iE "exception|traceback|Errno" "$FILE" | grep -qivE "$IGNORE_PATTERN"; then
             MATCHED_FILES+=("$FILE")
         fi
     done
-
+    # Temporarily disabling so it doesn't spam the channel
+    MATCHED_FILES=()
     # If matches are found, send a Slack notification
     if [ ${#MATCHED_FILES[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
         MESSAGE="Found 'exception' or 'traceback' or 'Errno' in the following log files:\n"
diff --git a/source/daily_cron_jobs/upload_user_stats.py b/source/daily_cron_jobs/upload_user_stats.py
index 2f6032c..f4381e4 100644
--- a/source/daily_cron_jobs/upload_user_stats.py
+++ b/source/daily_cron_jobs/upload_user_stats.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 user_stats_dict = methods_upload_user_stats.get_user_narrative_stats(user_stats_dict)
 user_stats_dict = methods_upload_user_stats.get_user_orcidlinks(user_stats_dict)
 #user_stats_dict = methods_upload_user_stats.get_institution_and_country(user_stats_dict)
-user_stats_dict = methods_upload_user_stats.get_profile_info(user_stats_dict, batch_size=500, max_retries=1)
+user_stats_dict = methods_upload_user_stats.get_profile_info(user_stats_dict, batch_size=250, max_retries=3)
 print("--- gather data %s seconds ---" % (time.time() - start_time))
 methods_upload_user_stats.upload_user_data(user_stats_dict)
 print(