diff --git a/src/limestone/datastore.cpp b/src/limestone/datastore.cpp
index 954b1ff..3f237a0 100644
--- a/src/limestone/datastore.cpp
+++ b/src/limestone/datastore.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ enum class file_write_mode {
 };
 
 static void write_epoch_to_file_internal(const std::string& file_path, epoch_id_type epoch_id, file_write_mode mode) {
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
     const char* fopen_mode = (mode == file_write_mode::append) ? "a" : "w";
     std::unique_ptr<FILE, void (*)(FILE*)> file_ptr(fopen(file_path.c_str(), fopen_mode), [](FILE* fp) {
         if (fp) {
diff --git a/src/limestone/logging_helper.h b/src/limestone/logging_helper.h
index 338ade9..d9493cc 100644
--- a/src/limestone/logging_helper.h
+++ b/src/limestone/logging_helper.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ inline std::string getThreadName() {
 
 
 // Log level for TRACE logging
-constexpr int TRACE_LOG_LEVEL = 50;
+constexpr int TRACE_LOG_LEVEL = 30;
 
 // Common logging macro for TRACE operations
 // NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage)