diff --git a/zebrad/src/application.rs b/zebrad/src/application.rs
index 9ddc5214..60ede1e9 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/application.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/application.rs
@@ -161,9 +161,15 @@ impl Application for ZebradApp {
             .issue_filter(|kind| match kind {
                 color_eyre::ErrorKind::NonRecoverable(_) => true,
                 color_eyre::ErrorKind::Recoverable(error) => {
-                    !error.is::<tower::timeout::error::Elapsed>()
-                        && !error.is::<tokio::time::error::Elapsed>()
-                        && !error.to_string().contains("timed out")
+                    // type checks should be faster than string conversions
+                    if error.is::<tower::timeout::error::Elapsed>()
+                        || error.is::<tokio::time::error::Elapsed>()
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    let error_str = error.to_string();
+                    !error_str.contains("timed out") && !error_str.contains("duplicate hash")
                 }
             });
 
diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs b/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs
index ca59abd7..bc1e5b7d 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ where
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self), fields(%hash))]
     pub async fn download_and_verify(&mut self, hash: block::Hash) -> Result<(), Report> {
         if self.cancel_handles.contains_key(&hash) {
-            return Err(eyre!("duplicate hash queued for download"));
+            return Err(eyre!("duplicate hash queued for download: {:?}", hash));
         }
 
         // We construct the block requests sequentially, waiting for the peer