diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java
index 4a84b3518e9808f520323fa4ad0ff6c7dbf3ccd7..9e05ff9ae8282f111b66a00515e1f3b5b5e3f25c 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillMonitorJob.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class FloodfillMonitorJob extends JobImpl {
     private static final int REQUEUE_DELAY = 60*60*1000;
     private static final long MIN_UPTIME = 2*60*60*1000;
     private static final long MIN_CHANGE_DELAY = 6*60*60*1000;
-    private static final int MIN_FF = 250;
+    private static final int MIN_FF = 300;
     private static final int MAX_FF = 999999;
     private static final String PROP_FLOODFILL_PARTICIPANT = "router.floodfillParticipant";
     
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
index 29294e43b96cc9cade5e00e2d0486535744dbbe8..05373c385dc2c6875288ac1159cc08dc69b31501 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ public class FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade extends KademliaNetworkDatabaseFacad
     private final Set<Hash> _verifiesInProgress;
     private FloodThrottler _floodThrottler;
     private LookupThrottler _lookupThrottler;
+
+    /**
+     *  This is the flood redundancy. Entries are
+     *  sent to this many other floodfills.
+     *  Was 7 through release 0.9; 5 for 0.9.1.
+     */
+    private static final int MAX_TO_FLOOD = 4;
     
     public FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade(RouterContext context) {
         super(context);
@@ -156,8 +163,6 @@ public class FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade extends KademliaNetworkDatabaseFacad
         return _lookupThrottler.shouldThrottle(from, id);
     }
 
-    private static final int MAX_TO_FLOOD = 5;
-
     /**
      *  Send to a subset of all floodfill peers.
      *  We do this to implement Kademlia within the floodfills, i.e.