diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index baf580d..10a646a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - dont try to install handler for signal 9
 - on connect retry, requery jwt only if it failed before 
 - put two timestamps in connection health file; start conn and current
+- change health file update interval to 240sec
 
 ## [1.0.2] - 2019-02-08
 - Refactored connection.c and updated corresponding unit tests
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index 65b3a33..38a76a8 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 #define HTTP_CUSTOM_HEADER_COUNT                    	5
 #define INITIAL_CJWT_RETRY                    	-2
-#define UPDATE_HEALTH_FILE_INTERVAL_SECS		300
+#define UPDATE_HEALTH_FILE_INTERVAL_SECS		240
 
 /* Close codes defined in RFC 6455, section 11.7. */
 enum {