diff --git a/src/crawler.ts b/src/crawler.ts
index 1033df86..12f0fe03 100644
--- a/src/crawler.ts
+++ b/src/crawler.ts
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
       try {
         const { fetched, mime, ts } = await timedRun(
           directFetchCapture({ url, headers: this.headers, cdp }),
-          FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+          this.params.pageLoadTimeout,
           "Direct fetch capture attempt timed out",
           logDetails,
           "fetch",
diff --git a/src/util/recorder.ts b/src/util/recorder.ts
index f9481f2a..e391894f 100644
--- a/src/util/recorder.ts
+++ b/src/util/recorder.ts
@@ -670,8 +670,10 @@ export class Recorder {
 
     // if contentLength is large or unknown, do streaming, unless its an essential resource
     // in which case, need to do a full fetch either way
+    // don't count non-200 responses which may not have content-length
     if (
       (contentLen < 0 || contentLen > MAX_BROWSER_DEFAULT_FETCH_SIZE) &&
+      responseStatusCode === 200 &&
       !this.isEssentialResource(reqresp.resourceType, mimeType)
     ) {
       const opts: ResponseStreamAsyncFetchOptions = {
@@ -1030,7 +1032,7 @@ export class Recorder {
   }
 
   isEssentialResource(resourceType: string | undefined, contentType: string) {
-    if (["document", "stylesheet", "script"].includes(resourceType || "")) {
+    if (resourceType === "script" || resourceType === "stylesheet") {
       return true;
     }