diff --git a/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
index cb338da1..a88de9f2 100644
--- a/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ MyMesh::MyMesh(mesh::MainBoard &board, mesh::Radio &radio, mesh::MillisecondCloc
   _prefs.bw = LORA_BW;
   _prefs.cr = LORA_CR;
   _prefs.tx_power_dbm = LORA_TX_POWER;
-  _prefs.advert_interval = 1;        // default to 2 minutes for NEW installs
+  _prefs.advert_interval = 3;        // default to 6 minutes for NEW installs (field is minutes/2, no odd values)
   _prefs.flood_advert_interval = 47; // 47 hours
   _prefs.flood_max = 64;
   _prefs.flood_max_unscoped = 64;
diff --git a/examples/simple_repeater/main.cpp b/examples/simple_repeater/main.cpp
index e55f0016..b31abcc6 100644
--- a/examples/simple_repeater/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_repeater/main.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern "C" EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE int sim_is_ready() {
 
 // Same idea as companion_radio's sim_test_advert_flood() -- MyMesh's own
 // updateAdvertTimer() (called once from begin()) doesn't fire the repeater's
-// first self-advert for a full 2 minutes (advert_interval defaults to 1,
+// first self-advert for a full 6 minutes (advert_interval defaults to 3,
 // scaled *2*60*1000ms -- see MyMesh::updateAdvertTimer()/begin() in this
 // same MyMesh.cpp), so a host page that wants hero/B to discover the
 // repeater as a contact immediately on boot (rather than waiting out that