diff --git a/data/downloader/downloader.go b/data/downloader/downloader.go
index e90ec1b50..8b817fe4a 100644
--- a/data/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/data/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package downloader
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"maps"
 	"os"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	// ImportQueueRoutines is the number of parallel routines processing the
 	// remote file download queue.
-	ImportQueueRoutines = 10
+	ImportQueueRoutines = 32
 	// ImportRetrieveTimeout the maximum duration the import queue will wait
 	// for retrieving a remote file.
 	ImportRetrieveTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
@@ -117,15 +118,15 @@ func (d *Downloader) TotalItemsAdded() int32 {
 // handleImport fetches and imports a remote file. If the download fails, the file
 // is added to a secondary queue for retrying.
 func (d *Downloader) handleImport(item *DownloadItem) {
-	log.Debugw("pining remote file", "uri", item.URI)
+	log.Debugw("fetch queued remote file", "uri", item.URI)
 	d.queueAddDelta(1)
 	defer d.queueAddDelta(-1)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), ImportRetrieveTimeout)
 	data, err := d.RemoteStorage.Retrieve(ctx, item.URI, MaxFileSize)
 	cancel()
 	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsTimeout(err) {
-			log.Warnw("timeout importing file adding it to failed queue for retry", "uri", item.URI)
+		if os.IsTimeout(err) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			log.Warnw("timeout importing file, adding it to failed queue for retry", "uri", item.URI)
 			d.failedQueueLock.Lock()
 			d.failedQueue[item.URI] = item
 			d.failedQueueLock.Unlock()