diff --git a/tooling/planet-gen/gemma_naming.py b/tooling/planet-gen/gemma_naming.py
index 01216eddf..24df3556e 100755
--- a/tooling/planet-gen/gemma_naming.py
+++ b/tooling/planet-gen/gemma_naming.py
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ def name_feature(
     hop: int,
     log: "Logger",
     verbose: bool,
-    max_attempts: int = 3,
+    max_attempts: int = 5,
 ) -> str:
     """Request a name from Gemma, enforce blocklist + per-system dedup +
     per-body cross-type dedup, skip on persistent failure.
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--refresh",
         type=int,
-        default=200,
+        default=1000,
         help="Restart the voice subprocess every N requests (default: 200) "
              "to prevent KV-cache context bleed",
     )