diff --git a/cron_MINUTE.sh b/cron_MINUTE.sh
index 2efabf4..a9f60c7 100755
--- a/cron_MINUTE.sh
+++ b/cron_MINUTE.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if [[ $(($runtime % 4)) == 0 ]]; then
     ## PING ALL MY FRIENDS TO ENHANCE SWARM CONNECTIVITY
     echo "## FRIENDS IPFS PINGing"
     for g1pub in $(ls -t ~/.zen/ipfs/.$IPFSNODEID/FRIENDS/); do
-        [[ $g1pub ]] && latency=$(ipfs ping --timeout=2s -n 3 /p2p/$(~/.zen/astrXbian/zen/tools/g1_to_ipfs.py $g1pub 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null | grep "Average" | cut -d ':' -f 2);
+        [[ $g1pub ]] && latency=$(ipfs ping --timeout=1s -n 1 /p2p/$(~/.zen/astrXbian/zen/tools/g1_to_ipfs.py $g1pub 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null | grep "Average" | cut -d ':' -f 2);
         [[ $latency ]] && echo $latency > ~/.zen/ipfs/.$IPFSNODEID/FRIENDS/$g1pub/ping.average.txt
     done
 fi