diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java
index a1a74fc86..24d27c27a 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class FloodfillMonitorJob extends JobImpl {
         // there's a lot of eligible non-floodfills, keep them from all jumping in at once
         // To do: somehow assess the size of the network to make this adaptive?
         if (!ff)
-            delay *= 3;
+            delay *= 7;
         requeue(delay);
     }