diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index d1f94e6e6..164de041e 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ const TRACKER_RATE_LIMITS = {
   INTERVAL: 60000 * 5, // 5 minutes
   ANNOUNCES_PER_IP_PER_INFOHASH: 15, // maximum announces per torrent in the interval
   ANNOUNCES_PER_IP: 30, // maximum announces for all our torrents in the interval
-  BLOCK_IP_LIFETIME: 60000 * 10 // 10 minutes
+  BLOCK_IP_LIFETIME: 60000 * 3 // 3 minutes
 }
 
 const P2P_MEDIA_LOADER_PEER_VERSION = 2