diff --git a/backfill/backfill.go b/backfill/backfill.go
index 2199147cb..14d6741a9 100644
--- a/backfill/backfill.go
+++ b/backfill/backfill.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func DefaultBackfillOptions() *BackfillOptions {
 		ParallelRecordCreates: 100,
 		NSIDFilter:            "",
 		SyncRequestsPerSecond: 2,
-		CheckoutPath:          "https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getCheckout",
+		CheckoutPath:          "https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getRepo",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (b *Backfiller) BackfillRepo(ctx context.Context, job Job) {
 	// GET and CAR decode the body
 	client := &http.Client{
 		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(http.DefaultTransport),
-		Timeout:   120 * time.Second,
+		Timeout:   600 * time.Second,
 	}
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/search/server.go b/search/server.go
index a69e6f4b3..8752b9612 100644
--- a/search/server.go
+++ b/search/server.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ func NewServer(db *gorm.DB, escli *es.Client, dir identity.Directory, config Con
 	} else {
 		opts.SyncRequestsPerSecond = 8
 	}
+	opts.CheckoutPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getRepo", bgshttp)
 	if config.IndexMaxConcurrency > 0 {
 		opts.ParallelRecordCreates = config.IndexMaxConcurrency
 	} else {