diff --git a/bin/tau/tau-cli/src/cli.rs b/bin/tau/tau-cli/src/cli.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e607adbb0..000000000
--- a/bin/tau/tau-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use structopt::StructOpt;
-use structopt_toml::StructOptToml;
-
-use darkfi::Result;
-
-use super::util::due_as_timestamp;
-
-/// Tau cli
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, StructOpt, StructOptToml)]
-#[serde(default)]
-#[structopt(name = "tau")]
-pub struct CliTau {
-    /// Increase verbosity
-    #[structopt(short, parse(from_occurrences))]
-    pub verbose: u8,
-    /// JSON-RPC listen URL
-    #[structopt(long = "rpc", default_value = "tcp://127.0.0.1:11055")]
-    pub rpc_listen: String,
-    /// Sets a custom config file
-    #[structopt(short, long)]
-    pub config: Option<String>,
-    #[structopt(subcommand)]
-    pub command: Option<CliTauSubCommands>,
-    /// Get task by ID
-    pub id: Option<String>,
-    /// Search criteria (zero or more)
-    #[structopt(multiple = true)]
-    pub filters: Vec<String>,
-}
-
-#[derive(StructOpt, Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub enum CliTauSubCommands {
-    /// Add a new task
-    Add { values: Vec<String> },
-    /// Update/Edit an existing task by ID
-    Update {
-        /// Task ID
-        id: u64,
-        /// Values (ex: project:blockchain)
-        values: Vec<String>,
-    },
-    /// Set or Get task state
-    State {
-        /// Task ID
-        id: u64,
-        /// Set task state
-        state: Option<String>,
-    },
-    /// Set or Get comment for a task
-    Comment {
-        /// Task ID
-        id: u64,
-        /// Comment content
-        content: Option<String>,
-    },
-    /// List all tasks
-    List {},
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct CliBaseTask {
-    pub title: String,
-    pub desc: Option<String>,
-    pub assign: Vec<String>,
-    pub project: Vec<String>,
-    pub due: Option<i64>,
-    pub rank: Option<f32>,
-}
-
-pub fn task_from_cli_values(values: Vec<String>) -> Result<CliBaseTask> {
-    let mut title: String = String::new();
-    let mut desc: Option<String> = None;
-    let mut project: Vec<String> = vec![];
-    let mut assign: Vec<String> = vec![];
-    let mut due: Option<i64> = None;
-    let mut rank: Option<f32> = None;
-
-    for val in values {
-        let field: Vec<&str> = val.split(':').collect();
-        if field.len() == 1 {
-            title = field[0].into();
-            continue
-        }
-
-        if field.len() != 2 {
-            continue
-        }
-
-        if field[0].starts_with("project") {
-            project = field[1].split(',').map(|s| s.into()).collect();
-        }
-        if field[0].starts_with("desc") {
-            desc = Some(field[1].into());
-        }
-        if field[0].starts_with("assign") {
-            assign = field[1].split(',').map(|s| s.into()).collect();
-        }
-        if field[0].starts_with("due") {
-            due = due_as_timestamp(&field[1])
-        }
-        if field[0].starts_with("rank") {
-            rank = Some(field[1].parse::<f32>()?);
-        }
-    }
-
-    let task = CliBaseTask { title, desc, project, assign, due, rank };
-
-    Ok(task)
-}
diff --git a/src/raft/consensus.rs b/src/raft/consensus.rs
index 227991e02..6fa2747b3 100644
--- a/src/raft/consensus.rs
+++ b/src/raft/consensus.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use super::{
 const HEARTBEATTIMEOUT: u64 = 500;
 const TIMEOUT: u64 = 6000;
 const TIMEOUT_NODES: u64 = 1000;
-const SYNC_TIMEOUT_FOR_EACH_ATTEMPT: u64 = 1500;
+const SYNC_TIMEOUT_FOR_EACH_ATTEMPT: u64 = 2400;
 
 const SYNC_ATTEMPTS: u64 = 12;