diff --git a/i3status/config b/i3status/config
index 375a5cc..60a9341 100644
--- a/i3status/config
+++ b/i3status/config
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 general {
         colors = true
-        interval = 1
+        interval = 10
 }
 
 # order += "ipv6"