diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py
index f890e38cc69d4c3ad4feee676364f85cbf2afadc..56ada82117d92c40804f694e7240983ab73733c6 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def should_provision():
                 state.get('timestamp', 1))
 
             now = datetime.datetime.now()
-            if provisioning and (now - timestamp).total_seconds() > 86400:
+            if provisioning and (now - timestamp).total_seconds() > 3600:
                 # if we stay in provisioning state
-                # for over a day, we probably restarted
+                # for over an hour, we probably restarted
                 # and the state file is out of sync.
                 provisioning = False