diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index 8fd59a430..c53139b0b 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "DISK_CACHE_BLOCK_INTERVAL": 6,
     "MAX_PUSH_TX_SIZE_WEIGHT": 4000000,
     "ALLOW_UNREACHABLE": true,
-    "PRICE_UPDATES_PER_HOUR": 3600
+    "PRICE_UPDATES_PER_HOUR": 1
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "127.0.0.1",