diff --git a/beacon_chain/networking/eth2_network.nim b/beacon_chain/networking/eth2_network.nim
index c86e3a769..0797336de 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/networking/eth2_network.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/networking/eth2_network.nim
@@ -479,18 +479,19 @@ template awaitQuota*(peerParam: Peer, costParam: float, protocolIdParam: string)
 
   if not peer.quota.tryConsume(cost.int):
     let protocolId = protocolIdParam
-    debug "Awaiting peer quota", peer, cost, protocolId
+    debug "Awaiting peer quota", peer, cost = cost, protocolId = protocolId
     nbc_reqresp_messages_throttled.inc(1, [protocolId])
     await peer.quota.consume(cost.int)
 
-template awaitQuota*(networkParam: Eth2Node, costParam: float, protocolIdParam: string) =
+template awaitQuota*(
+    networkParam: Eth2Node, costParam: float, protocolIdParam: string) =
   let
     network = networkParam
     cost = int(costParam)
 
   if not network.quota.tryConsume(cost.int):
     let protocolId = protocolIdParam
-    debug "Awaiting network quota", peer, cost, protocolId
+    debug "Awaiting network quota", peer, cost = cost, protocolId = protocolId
     nbc_reqresp_messages_throttled.inc(1, [protocolId])
     await network.quota.consume(cost.int)
 
diff --git a/beacon_chain/sync/sync_protocol.nim b/beacon_chain/sync/sync_protocol.nim
index 8fdfde656..7c71b419e 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/sync/sync_protocol.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/sync/sync_protocol.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ logScope:
   topics = "sync_proto"
 
 const
-  blockResponseCost = allowedOpsPerSecondCost(64) # Allow syncing ~64 blocks/sec (minus request costs)
+  blockResponseCost = allowedOpsPerSecondCost(64)
+    ## Allow syncing ~64 blocks/sec (minus request costs)
+  blobResponseCost = allowedOpsPerSecondCost(1000)
+    ## Multiple can exist per block, they are much smaller than blocks
 
 type
   BeaconSyncNetworkState* {.final.} = ref object of RootObj
@@ -275,8 +278,8 @@ p2pProtocol BeaconSync(version = 1,
             bytes = bytes.len(), blck = shortLog(blockRef), blobindex = index
           continue
 
-        peer.awaitQuota(blockResponseCost, "blob_sidecars_by_root/1")
-        peer.network.awaitQuota(blockResponseCost, "blob_sidecars_by_root/1")
+        peer.awaitQuota(blobResponseCost, "blob_sidecars_by_root/1")
+        peer.network.awaitQuota(blobResponseCost, "blob_sidecars_by_root/1")
 
         await response.writeBytesSZ(
           uncompressedLen, bytes,
@@ -345,8 +348,8 @@ p2pProtocol BeaconSync(version = 1,
             continue
 
           # TODO extract from libp2pProtocol
-          peer.awaitQuota(blockResponseCost, "blobs_sidecars_by_range/1")
-          peer.network.awaitQuota(blockResponseCost, "blobs_sidecars_by_range/1")
+          peer.awaitQuota(blobResponseCost, "blobs_sidecars_by_range/1")
+          peer.network.awaitQuota(blobResponseCost, "blobs_sidecars_by_range/1")
 
           await response.writeBytesSZ(
             uncompressedLen, bytes,