diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/AssignmentsHandler.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/AssignmentsHandler.java
index ae83e05..36d1ceb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/AssignmentsHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/AssignmentsHandler.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class AssignmentsHandler {
     private static final boolean askForTest = false; // Enable this only for testing.
     private static String requestUrl;
 
-    public static final RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(2)).setReadTimeout(Duration.ofHours(1)).build();
+    public static final RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(2)).setReadTimeout(Duration.ofHours(2)).build();
 
     public static boolean hadConnectionErrorOnRequest = false;
 
@@ -108,18 +108,8 @@ public class AssignmentsHandler {
         try {   // Here, the HTTP-request is executed.
             assignmentRequest = restTemplate.getForObject(requestUrl, AssignmentsRequest.class);
         } catch (RestClientException rce) {
-            final String errorMsg = "Could not retrieve the assignments! ";
-            String exceptionMsg = rce.getMessage(); // It also shows the response body of the response (from Spring v.2.5.6 onwards).
-            if ( (exceptionMsg != null) && !exceptionMsg.isEmpty() ) {
-                hadConnectionErrorOnRequest = true;
-                logger.error(errorMsg + exceptionMsg);
-            }
-            else {  // Otherwise, it's an undefined error, which occurs randomly
-                // and does not mean that the Controller has some problem, or the Worker requested something in a wrong way,
-                // or that the firewall disallow the connection (in this case we get "connection refused/timed out").
-                logger.error(errorMsg, rce);
-                // Try again immediately, do not wait 15 mins. The Controller will take some minutes to prepare the data, before it sends them anyway.
-            }
+            logger.error("Could not retrieve the assignments! " + rce.getMessage());    // The exMsg also shows the response body of the response (from Spring v.2.5.6 onwards).
+            hadConnectionErrorOnRequest = true;
             return null;
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
             logger.error("Could not retrieve the assignments, as the provided Controller's url was malformed! " + iae.getMessage());