diff --git a/ant-networking/src/driver.rs b/ant-networking/src/driver.rs
index 4534b49110..bb1637a099 100644
--- a/ant-networking/src/driver.rs
+++ b/ant-networking/src/driver.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ const PERIODIC_KAD_BOOTSTRAP_INTERVAL_MAX_S: u64 = 21600;
 
 // Init during compilation, instead of runtime error that should never happen
 // Option<T>::expect will be stabilised as const in the future (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/67441)
-const REPLICATION_FACTOR: NonZeroUsize = match NonZeroUsize::new(CLOSE_GROUP_SIZE) {
+const REPLICATION_FACTOR: NonZeroUsize = match NonZeroUsize::new(CLOSE_GROUP_SIZE + 2) {
     Some(v) => v,
     None => panic!("CLOSE_GROUP_SIZE should not be zero"),
 };
diff --git a/ant-networking/src/lib.rs b/ant-networking/src/lib.rs
index 434aa192ad..fca47f18d0 100644
--- a/ant-networking/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ant-networking/src/lib.rs
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ impl Network {
             .await?;
         // Filter out results from the ignored peers.
         close_nodes.retain(|peer_id| !ignore_peers.contains(peer_id));
+        info!(
+            "For record {record_address:?} quoting {} nodes. ignore_peers is {ignore_peers:?}",
+            close_nodes.len()
+        );
 
         if close_nodes.is_empty() {
             error!("Can't get store_cost of {record_address:?}, as all close_nodes are ignored");