diff --git a/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/GlobalConfiguration.py b/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/GlobalConfiguration.py
index ba74578..58e64ff 100644
--- a/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/GlobalConfiguration.py
+++ b/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/GlobalConfiguration.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ HCICONFIG_CMD = "hciconfig"             ## using $PATH
 #HCICONFIG_CMD = "/usr/sbin/hciconfig"  ## ubuntu
 HCITOOL_CMD = "hcitool"                 ## using $PATH
 BLUETOOTH_DEVICE = "hci0"
-BLUETOOTH_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 3           ## scan for Bluetooth Peers every 3 secs
+BLUETOOTH_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 10          ## scan for Bluetooth Peers every 3 secs
 
 
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