diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadRouterInfoJob.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadRouterInfoJob.java
index 748b95cb4e2d65ef5a34c351a33ee316e886ef7b..4b855ded9eb8e8599cf640bffac331ac858ab525 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadRouterInfoJob.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadRouterInfoJob.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class LoadRouterInfoJob extends JobImpl {
     private RouterInfo _us;
     private static final AtomicBoolean _keyLengthChecked = new AtomicBoolean();
     // 1 chance in this many to rekey if the defaults changed
-    private static final int REKEY_PROBABILITY = 16;
+    private static final int REKEY_PROBABILITY = 8;
     
     public LoadRouterInfoJob(RouterContext ctx) {
         super(ctx);