diff --git a/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go b/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go
index 09e83a185..d4275d102 100644
--- a/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go
+++ b/server/pkg/controller/embedding/controller.go
@@ -32,16 +32,18 @@ import (
 const (
 	// maxEmbeddingDataSize is the min size of an embedding object in bytes
 	minEmbeddingDataSize  = 2048
-	embeddingFetchTimeout = 15 * gTime.Second
+	embeddingFetchTimeout = 10 * gTime.Second
 )
 
 // _fetchConfig is the configuration for the fetching objects from S3
 type _fetchConfig struct {
-	RetryCount   int
-	FetchTimeOut gTime.Duration
+	RetryCount     int
+	InitialTimeout gTime.Duration
+	MaxTimeout     gTime.Duration
 }
 
-var _defaultFetchConfig = _fetchConfig{RetryCount: 3, FetchTimeOut: 15 * gTime.Second}
+var _defaultFetchConfig = _fetchConfig{RetryCount: 3, InitialTimeout: 5 * gTime.Second, MaxTimeout: 30 * gTime.Second}
+var _b2FetchConfig = _fetchConfig{RetryCount: 3, InitialTimeout: 15 * gTime.Second, MaxTimeout: 30 * gTime.Second}
 
 type Controller struct {
 	Repo                     *embedding.Repository
@@ -333,11 +335,20 @@ func (c *Controller) getEmbeddingObjectsParallelV2(userID int64, dbEmbeddingRows
 
 func (c *Controller) getEmbeddingObject(ctx context.Context, objectKey string, dc string) (ente.EmbeddingObject, error) {
 	opt := _defaultFetchConfig
+	if dc == c.S3Config.GetHotBackblazeDC() {
+		opt = _b2FetchConfig
+	}
 	ctxLogger := log.WithField("objectKey", objectKey)
 	totalAttempts := opt.RetryCount + 1
+	timeout := opt.InitialTimeout
 	for i := 0; i < totalAttempts; i++ {
-		// Create a new context with a timeout for each fetch
-		fetchCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, opt.FetchTimeOut)
+		if i > 0 {
+			timeout = timeout * 2
+			if timeout > opt.MaxTimeout {
+				timeout = opt.MaxTimeout
+			}
+		}
+		fetchCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			cancel()