diff --git a/import.go b/import.go
index 5f4da0d..2c12b7f 100644
--- a/import.go
+++ b/import.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func importPlayerAdvanced(db *gorm.DB) {
 			log.Printf("advanced import failed for %d: %v", season, err)
 		}
 		log.Printf("Advanced import for season: %d", season)
-		time.Sleep(1300 * time.Millisecond)
+		time.Sleep(2000 * time.Millisecond)
 		utils.SleepWithJitter(1000 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func importPlayerAdvancedPlayoffs(db *gorm.DB) {
 			log.Printf("advanced import failed for %d: %v", season, err)
 		}
 		log.Printf("Advanced Playoffs import for season: %d", season)
-		time.Sleep(1300 * time.Millisecond)
+		time.Sleep(2000 * time.Millisecond)
 		utils.SleepWithJitter(1500 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func importPlayerTotalsScrape(db *gorm.DB) {
 			log.Printf("scraped totals import failed for %d: %v", season, err)
 		}
 		log.Printf("Player Totals import for season: %d", season)
-		time.Sleep(1300 * time.Millisecond)
+		time.Sleep(2000 * time.Millisecond)
 		utils.SleepWithJitter(1250 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func importPlayerTotalsPlayoffsScrape(db *gorm.DB) {
 			log.Printf("scraped playoffs import failed for %d: %v", season, err)
 		}
 		log.Printf("Player Playoffs Totals import for season: %d", season)
-		time.Sleep(1300 * time.Millisecond)
+		time.Sleep(2000 * time.Millisecond)
 		utils.SleepWithJitter(1700 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func importGameSchedules(db *gorm.DB) {
 	months := []string{
 		// "september", "october", "november", "december", "january",
 		// "february", "march", "april", "may", "june",
-		"april", "may", "june",
+		"may", "june",
 		// "february", "march", "april", "may", "june",
 		// "october", "november", "december",
 	}
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func importGameSchedules(db *gorm.DB) {
 			}
 			log.Printf("Game schedule import for %s, %d complete.", month, season)
 			// Respectful delay between requests
-			time.Sleep(1400 * time.Millisecond)
+			time.Sleep(2500 * time.Millisecond)
 			utils.SleepWithJitter(1800 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
 		log.Printf("--- Finished Game Schedule Import for Season: %d ---", season)
diff --git a/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go b/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go
index 63dadd2..8ec30e8 100644
--- a/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go
+++ b/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
@@ -9,8 +10,17 @@ import (
 
 func RateLimiter() fiber.Handler {
 	return limiter.New(limiter.Config{
-		Max:        30,
+		Max:        20,
 		Expiration: 1 * time.Minute,
+		Next: func(c *fiber.Ctx) bool {
+			// Skip rate limiting for internal services and infra endpoints
+			ip := c.IP()
+			if strings.HasPrefix(ip, "10.") || strings.HasPrefix(ip, "172.") || ip == "127.0.0.1" {
+				return true
+			}
+			path := c.Path()
+			return path == "/metrics" || strings.HasPrefix(path, "/swagger")
+		},
 		KeyGenerator: func(c *fiber.Ctx) string {
 			if ip := c.Get("X-Real-IP"); ip != "" {
 				return ip