diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h
index 85281fb..962291f 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
   typedef ::aos::util::SimpleLogInterval SimpleLogInterval;
   static constexpr ::aos::time::Time kDebugLogInterval =
-      ::aos::time::Time::InSeconds(0.25);
+      ::aos::time::Time::InSeconds(0.3);
   SimpleLogInterval invalid_packet_ =
       SimpleLogInterval(kDebugLogInterval, INFO, "invalid packet");
   SimpleLogInterval bad_checksum_ =
diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc
index 9ed0c39..c45c8ea 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@
     : fd_(open_device()) {
   
   if (fd_ < 0) {
-    LOG(FATAL, "open(%s, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NOBLOCK) failed with %d: %s."
-               " Did you read my note in bbb/uart_reader.cc?\n",
+    LOG(FATAL, "open(%s, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NOBLOCK) failed with %d: %s\n",
         device, errno, strerror(errno));
   }