diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4c99da..47ff12f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.0.1-alpha.53](https://github.com/DIG-Network/dig-incentive-server/compare/v0.0.1-alpha.52...v0.0.1-alpha.53) (2024-10-03)
+
 ### [0.0.1-alpha.52](https://github.com/DIG-Network/dig-incentive-server/compare/v0.0.1-alpha.51...v0.0.1-alpha.52) (2024-10-02)
 
 ### [0.0.1-alpha.51](https://github.com/DIG-Network/dig-incentive-server/compare/v0.0.1-alpha.50...v0.0.1-alpha.51) (2024-10-01)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 929ebae..a34d979 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "dig-incentive-server",
-  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.52",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.53",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "dig-incentive-server",
-      "version": "0.0.1-alpha.52",
+      "version": "0.0.1-alpha.53",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@dignetwork/dig-sdk": "^0.0.1-alpha.110",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34139d5..44eeb8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dig-incentive-server",
-  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.52",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.53",
   "description": "",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/tasks/payouts.ts b/src/tasks/payouts.ts
index 2a63824..ef92328 100644
--- a/src/tasks/payouts.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/payouts.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const runIncentiveProgram = async (
       console.log("Sampling up to 50 peers from the current epoch...");
 
       const serverCoins = await serverCoin.sampleCurrentEpoch(
-        50,
+        500,
         peerBlackList
       );