diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 3c520c4e..e5c8110e 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -497,12 +497,13 @@ class Application {
 
             if (source === "torrent" && hasActivePeers === false) {
               userLogger.warn(
-                "[app] Unable to switch to torrent playback: no active peers.",
+                "[app] Switching to torrent playback despite 0 active peers detected.",
               );
-              this.showError(
-                "Torrent playback is unavailable right now because there are no active peers.",
+              this.showStatus(
+                "Warning: No peers detected. Playback may fail or stall.",
+                { autoHideMs: 5000 }
               );
-              return;
+              // Proceed anyway
             }
 
             if (source === "url" && cdnUnavailable) {
diff --git a/js/constants.js b/js/constants.js
index 42edd083..abf8c3af 100644
--- a/js/constants.js
+++ b/js/constants.js
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ const DEFAULT_WSS_TRACKERS = Object.freeze([
   "wss://tracker.files.fm:7073/announce",
   "wss://tracker.btorrent.xyz",
   "wss://tracker.novage.com.ua:443/announce",
+  "wss://tracker.webtorrent.dev",
+  "wss://open.video.lukewarlow.uk:443/announce",
 ]);
 
 const SANITIZED_DEFAULT_BLUR_THRESHOLD = coerceNonNegativeInteger(
diff --git a/js/gridHealth.js b/js/gridHealth.js
index f565ebb9..6fe39850 100644
--- a/js/gridHealth.js
+++ b/js/gridHealth.js
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function queueProbe(magnet, cacheKey, priority = 0) {
 }
 
 const PROBE_CACHE_TTL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
-const PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 8000;
+const PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 20000;
 const PROBE_CONCURRENCY = 96;
 const PROBE_POLL_COUNT = 3;
 const PRIORITY_BASELINE = 1_000_000;
diff --git a/js/trackerConfig.js b/js/trackerConfig.js
index 9e31870a..5e50f69a 100644
--- a/js/trackerConfig.js
+++ b/js/trackerConfig.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { WSS_TRACKERS as DEFAULT_WSS_TRACKERS } from "./constants.js";
 
-export const TRACKER_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000;
-export const TRACKER_PER_MAGNET = 3;
+export const TRACKER_TIMEOUT_MS = 6000;
+export const TRACKER_PER_MAGNET = 10;
 export const HEALTH_TTL_MS = 2 * 60 * 1000;
-export const CONCURRENCY = 3;
+export const CONCURRENCY = 6;
 export const TRACKER_ERROR_COOLDOWN_MS = 60 * 1000;
 
 export function resolveTrackerList({ magnetTrackers } = {}) {