diff --git a/libp2p/NodeTable.h b/libp2p/NodeTable.h
index b2d3ebaf7..0ec13c828 100644
--- a/libp2p/NodeTable.h
+++ b/libp2p/NodeTable.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ private:
 	/* todo: replace boost::posix_time; change constants to upper camelcase */
 	boost::posix_time::milliseconds const c_evictionCheckInterval = boost::posix_time::milliseconds(75);	///< Interval at which eviction timeouts are checked.
 	std::chrono::milliseconds const c_reqTimeout = std::chrono::milliseconds(300);						///< How long to wait for requests (evict, find iterations).
-	std::chrono::milliseconds const c_bucketRefresh = std::chrono::milliseconds(57600);							///< Refresh interval prevents bucket from becoming stale. [Kademlia]
+	std::chrono::milliseconds const c_bucketRefresh = std::chrono::milliseconds(7200);							///< Refresh interval prevents bucket from becoming stale. [Kademlia]
 
 	struct NodeBucket
 	{