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 97731c035f264e7f2ab60b91e1ffc1a5d567e5b8..43a4f2b2b90a8afedf427b1454d21abcb776f17d 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 = 500;
+    private static final int MIN_FF = 1000;
     private static final int MAX_FF = 999999;
     private static final String PROP_FLOODFILL_PARTICIPANT = "router.floodfillParticipant";