diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/StatisticsManager.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/StatisticsManager.java
index 65e119d8127fa1993bc36ae7ba8fa2bf26d492ec..709abe81bfd855b6016bc00c25ea85bb86fc27e1 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/StatisticsManager.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/StatisticsManager.java
@@ -151,8 +151,11 @@ public class StatisticsManager implements Service {
         // So that we will still get build requests
         stats.setProperty("stat_uptime", "90m");
         if (FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.isFloodfill(_context.router().getRouterInfo())) {
-            stats.setProperty("netdb.knownRouters", ""+_context.netDb().getKnownRouters());
-            stats.setProperty("netdb.knownLeaseSets", ""+_context.netDb().getKnownLeaseSets());
+            stats.setProperty("netdb.knownRouters", String.valueOf(_context.netDb().getKnownRouters()));
+            int ls = _context.router().getUptime() > 30*60*1000 ?
+                     _context.netDb().getKnownLeaseSets() :
+                     30 + _context.random().nextInt(40);   // so it isn't obvious we restarted
+            stats.setProperty("netdb.knownLeaseSets", String.valueOf(ls));
         }
 
         return stats;