diff --git a/services/feed-requests/src/feed-fetcher/feed-fetcher.service.ts b/services/feed-requests/src/feed-fetcher/feed-fetcher.service.ts
index 2f5cb0d88..e837920b1 100644
--- a/services/feed-requests/src/feed-fetcher/feed-fetcher.service.ts
+++ b/services/feed-requests/src/feed-fetcher/feed-fetcher.service.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export class FeedFetcherService {
 
         const sizeOfTextInMb = Buffer.byteLength(text) / 1024 / 1024;
 
-        if (sizeOfTextInMb > 5) {
+        if (sizeOfTextInMb > 7) {
           throw new FeedTooLargeException(`Response body is too large`);
         }
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class FeedFetcherService {
   ): Promise<ReturnType<typeof fetch>> {
     const controller = new AbortController();
 
-    setTimeout(() => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       controller.abort();
     }, this.feedRequestTimeoutMs);
 
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ export class FeedFetcherService {
 
     const res = await fetch(url, useOptions);
 
+    clearTimeout(timer);
+
     return res;
   }