diff --git a/daemon/p2p_announce.c b/daemon/p2p_announce.c
index d48446eba..50b23faa7 100644
--- a/daemon/p2p_announce.c
+++ b/daemon/p2p_announce.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static void announce(struct lightningd_state *dstate)
 	struct peer *p;
 	int nchan = 0;
 
-	new_reltimer(dstate, dstate, time_from_sec(6), announce, dstate);
+	new_reltimer(dstate, dstate, time_from_sec(5*60*60), announce, dstate);
 
 	list_for_each(&dstate->peers, p, list) {
 		if (state_is_normal(p->state)) {
@@ -419,6 +419,6 @@ static void process_broadcast_queue(struct lightningd_state *dstate)
 
 void setup_p2p_announce(struct lightningd_state *dstate)
 {
-	new_reltimer(dstate, dstate, time_from_sec(30), announce, dstate);
+	new_reltimer(dstate, dstate, time_from_sec(5*60*60), announce, dstate);
 	new_reltimer(dstate, dstate, time_from_sec(30), process_broadcast_queue, dstate);
 }