diff --git a/cheesegull.go b/cheesegull.go
index 62c8bd5eea504f7f4269f5541cbd87cca5fc80b5..f7516138c4505350fdd639cc3e507be262b4f3ab 100644
--- a/cheesegull.go
+++ b/cheesegull.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// start running components of cheesegull
 	go dbmirror.StartSetUpdater(c, db)
-	go dbmirror.DiscoverEvery(c, db, time.Minute*30, time.Second*20)
+	go dbmirror.DiscoverEvery(c, db, time.Hour*6, time.Second*20)
 
 	// create request handler
 	panic(http.ListenAndServe(*httpAddr, api.CreateHandler(db)))