diff --git a/src/jetstream/api/call.jl b/src/jetstream/api/call.jl
index 7e483ef7..a91a12c5 100644
--- a/src/jetstream/api/call.jl
+++ b/src/jetstream/api/call.jl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 
+const DEFAULT_API_CALL_DELAYS = ExponentialBackOff(n = 7, first_delay = 0.1, max_delay = 0.5)
+
 function check_api_call_error(s, e)
     e isa Union{NATS.NATSError, ApiError} && e.code == 503
 end
 
-const DEFAULT_API_CALL_DELAYS = ExponentialBackOff(n = typemax(Int64), first_delay = 0.2, max_delay = 0.5)
-
 function jetstream_api_call(T, connection::NATS.Connection, subject, data = nothing; delays = DEFAULT_API_CALL_DELAYS)
     call_retry = retry(NATS.request; delays, check = check_api_call_error)
     call_retry(T, connection, subject, data)
diff --git a/src/jetstream/consumer/ack.jl b/src/jetstream/consumer/ack.jl
index d12e22a4..2ca777ac 100644
--- a/src/jetstream/consumer/ack.jl
+++ b/src/jetstream/consumer/ack.jl
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ $(SIGNATURES)
 
 Confirms message delivery to server.
 """
-function consumer_ack(connection::NATS.Connection, msg::NATS.Msg)
+function consumer_ack(connection::NATS.Connection, msg::NATS.Msg; delays = DEFAULT_API_CALL_DELAYS)
     isnothing(msg.reply_to) && error("No reply subject for msg $msg.")
     !startswith(msg.reply_to, "\$JS.ACK") && @warn "`ack` sent for message that doesn't need acknowledgement." 
-    jetstream_api_call(NATS.Msg, connection, msg.reply_to)
+    jetstream_api_call(NATS.Msg, connection, msg.reply_to; delays)
 end
 
 """
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ $(SIGNATURES)
 
 Mark message as undelivered, what avoid waiting for timeout before redelivery.
 """
-function consumer_nak(connection::NATS.Connection, msg::NATS.Msg)
+function consumer_nak(connection::NATS.Connection, msg::NATS.Msg; delays = DEFAULT_API_CALL_DELAYS)
     isnothing(msg.reply_to) && error("No reply subject for msg $msg.")
     !startswith(msg.reply_to, "\$JS.ACK") && @warn "`nak` sent for message that doesn't need acknowledgement." 
-    jetstream_api_call(NATS.Msg, connection, msg.reply_to, "-NAK")
+    jetstream_api_call(NATS.Msg, connection, msg.reply_to, "-NAK"; delays)
 end
diff --git a/src/jetstream/jetchannel/jetchannel.jl b/src/jetstream/jetchannel/jetchannel.jl
index 6b91644e..eb7895ea 100644
--- a/src/jetstream/jetchannel/jetchannel.jl
+++ b/src/jetstream/jetchannel/jetchannel.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 include("manage.jl")
 
+const DEFAULT_JETCHANNEL_DELAYS = ExponentialBackOff(n = typemax(Int64), first_delay = 0.2, max_delay = 0.5)
+
 struct JetChannel{T} <: AbstractChannel{T}
     connection::NATS.Connection
     name::String
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ end
 
 function Base.take!(jetchannel::JetChannel{T}) where T
     msg = consumer_next(jetchannel.connection, jetchannel.consumer)
-    ack = consumer_ack(jetchannel.connection, msg)
+    ack = consumer_ack(jetchannel.connection, msg; delays = DEFAULT_JETCHANNEL_DELAYS)
     @assert ack isa NATS.Msg
     convert(T, msg)
 end
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ end
 
 function Base.put!(jetchannel::JetChannel{T}, v::T) where T
     subject = channel_subject(jetchannel.name)
-    ack = stream_publish(jetchannel.connection, subject, v)
+    ack = stream_publish(jetchannel.connection, subject, v; delays = DEFAULT_JETCHANNEL_DELAYS)
     @assert ack.stream == jetchannel.stream.config.name
     v
 end
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diff --git a/src/jetstream/stream/publish.jl b/src/jetstream/stream/publish.jl
index 0f990c80..e07bd60d 100644
--- a/src/jetstream/stream/publish.jl
+++ b/src/jetstream/stream/publish.jl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+const DEFAULT_STREAM_PUBLISH_DELAYS = ExponentialBackOff(n = 7, first_delay = 0.1, max_delay = 0.5)
 
 """
 $(SIGNATURES)
 
 Publish a message to stream.
 """
-function stream_publish(connection::NATS.Connection, subject, data)
-    jetstream_api_call(PubAck, connection, subject, data)
+function stream_publish(connection::NATS.Connection, subject, data; delays = DEFAULT_STREAM_PUBLISH_DELAYS)
+    jetstream_api_call(PubAck, connection, subject, data; delays)
 end