diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/MultiRouter.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/MultiRouter.java
index 3f0e6ef22d060f4ad4a41e4f2849dd95d248bdaf..d776245712d6f09cd5d2cfdb463bf2a717faea64 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/MultiRouter.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/MultiRouter.java
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ public class MultiRouter {
             router.setKillVMOnEnd(false);
             _routers.add(router);
             _log.info("Router " + i + " created from " + args[i]);
-            try { Thread.sleep(5*1000 + new java.util.Random().nextInt(5)*1000); } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
+            try { Thread.sleep(2*1000); } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
         }
         
         for (int i = 0; i < _routers.size(); i++) {
             ((Router)_routers.get(i)).runRouter();
             _log.info("Router " + i + " started");
-            try { Thread.sleep(4*1000 + new java.util.Random().nextInt(4)*1000); } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
+            try { Thread.sleep(2*1000 + new java.util.Random().nextInt(2)*1000); } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
         }
         _log.info("All " + _routers.size() + " routers started up");
         waitForCompletion();
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ public class MultiRouter {
         System.err.println("       to load into the given context.  In addition, each routerContextFile");
         System.err.println("       in turn is used to boot a router");
     }
-}
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+}