diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index d262a985f..3c8efb7be 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ crawlingCountryMustMatch=AD,AL,AT,BA,BE,BG,BY,CH,CY,CZ,DE,DK,EE,ES,FI,FO,FR,GG,G
 # the prereq-value is a memory pre-requisite: that much bytes must
 # be available/free in the heap; othervise the loop is not executed
 # and another idlesleep is performed
-20_dhtdistribution_idlesleep=15000
-20_dhtdistribution_busysleep=10000
+20_dhtdistribution_idlesleep=30000
+20_dhtdistribution_busysleep=15000
 20_dhtdistribution_memprereq=12582912
 30_peerping_idlesleep=30000
 30_peerping_busysleep=30000