diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index e742d9dc2809191e853a59e24f83434d13a6cdae..99a103d6bb6a6ab4b1a0a5d5e4d25b747f2ac9da 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ TwitterPlugin::TwitterPlugin(Config *config, Swift::SimpleEventLoop *loop, Stora
 
 	tp = new ThreadPool(loop_, 10);
 		
-	tweet_timer = m_factories->getTimerFactory()->createTimer(60000);
-	message_timer = m_factories->getTimerFactory()->createTimer(60000);
+	tweet_timer = m_factories->getTimerFactory()->createTimer(90000);
+	message_timer = m_factories->getTimerFactory()->createTimer(90000);
 
 	tweet_timer->onTick.connect(boost::bind(&TwitterPlugin::pollForTweets, this));
 	message_timer->onTick.connect(boost::bind(&TwitterPlugin::pollForDirectMessages, this));