diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java b/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
index ac2187b..fe4c4b2 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public abstract class Getdown extends Thread
                 // Store the config modtime before waiting the delay amount of time
                 long lastConfigModtime = config.lastModified();
                 Log.info("Waiting " + _delay + " minutes before beginning actual work");
-                Thread.sleep(_delay * 15 * 1000);
+                Thread.sleep(_delay * 60 * 1000);
                 if (lastConfigModtime < config.lastModified()) {
                     Log.warning("getdown.txt was modified while getdown was waiting");
                     throw new MultipleGetdownRunning();