diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs
index 29377da25..ba54d00bc 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Env/SQLite.hs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ defaultAgentConfig =
             increaseAfter = 10 * second,
             maxInterval = 10 * second
           },
-      helloTimeout = 7 * nominalDay,
+      helloTimeout = 2 * nominalDay,
       -- CA certificate private key is not needed for initialization
       -- ! we do not generate these
       caCertificateFile = "/etc/opt/simplex-agent/ca.crt",