diff --git a/bedrock/scripts/run_logos_blockchain_node.sh b/bedrock/scripts/run_logos_blockchain_node.sh
index ce2dd922..c619b86b 100755
--- a/bedrock/scripts/run_logos_blockchain_node.sh
+++ b/bedrock/scripts/run_logos_blockchain_node.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ curl -sf "${CFG_SERVER_ADDR}/deployment-settings" -o /deployment-settings.yaml
 # Single-node test setup: bump slot_activation_coeff from 1/10 to 1/2 so blocks
 # (and LIB) advance ~5x faster, keeping the indexer integration test within budget.
 # Safe with 1 node since there are no reorgs.
-sed -i '/slot_activation_coeff:/{n;n;s/denominator: 10/denominator: 2/}' /deployment-settings.yaml
+# Range-based sed: within the 4 lines after `slot_activation_coeff:`, rewrite any
+# `denominator: <num>` to `denominator: 2` regardless of field order or spacing.
+sed -i '/slot_activation_coeff:/,+4 s/denominator: [0-9]\+/denominator: 2/' /deployment-settings.yaml
+
+# Lower security_param so finalization (LIB) lag is shorter — the indexer only
+# sees finalized blocks, so a smaller security_param makes inscriptions visible
+# to the indexer much sooner.
+sed -i 's/security_param: [0-9]\+/security_param: 10/' /deployment-settings.yaml
+
+# Verify the patches took effect (printed to container stdout for debugging).
+echo "=== slot_activation_coeff after sed ==="
+sed -n '/slot_activation_coeff:/,+4 p' /deployment-settings.yaml
+echo "=== security_param after sed ==="
+grep 'security_param' /deployment-settings.yaml
+echo "======================================="
 
 exec /usr/bin/logos-blockchain-node /config.yaml --deployment /deployment-settings.yaml
diff --git a/integration_tests/tests/indexer.rs b/integration_tests/tests/indexer.rs
index 9f520676..c0b92a90 100644
--- a/integration_tests/tests/indexer.rs
+++ b/integration_tests/tests/indexer.rs
@@ -45,13 +45,12 @@ async fn wait_for_indexer_to_catch_up(ctx: &TestContext) -> u64 {
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
         }
     };
-    match tokio::time::timeout(timeout, inner).await {
-        Ok(ind) => ind,
-        Err(_) => {
+    tokio::time::timeout(timeout, inner)
+        .await
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             info!("Indexer catch-up timed out: ind={last_ind}");
             last_ind
-        }
-    }
+        })
 }
 
 #[test]