diff --git a/assets/cn_default.js b/assets/cn_default.js
index 60c302a0cd8711c269ffbdd11f9d5ff0fe19f4c6..f165d7f0c88391422d56f9b002a0354ead4b5cad 100644
--- a/assets/cn_default.js
+++ b/assets/cn_default.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function failure(graph) {
 * checks at a fixed interval whether the contents of the JSON file have changed 
   and reloads the program if necessary
 */
-var intervalId = window.setInterval(check_if_json_changed, 500)
+var intervalId = window.setInterval(check_if_json_changed, 5000)
 function check_if_json_changed() {
     d3.json("json_text.json").then(function(graph) {
         newjson_string = JSON.stringify(graph) 
diff --git a/assets/cn_timeline.js b/assets/cn_timeline.js
index 15e4f60051f51084dd2278efee058c9030d94574..f51e1bab60fd215a89758905d72e18d1f86eb5a1 100644
--- a/assets/cn_timeline.js
+++ b/assets/cn_timeline.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function failure(graph) {
 * checks at a fixed interval whether the contents of the JSON file have changed 
   and reloads the program if necessary
 */
-var intervalId = window.setInterval(check_if_json_changed, 500)
+var intervalId = window.setInterval(check_if_json_changed, 5000)
 function check_if_json_changed() {
     d3.json("json_text.json").then(function(graph) {
         newjson_string = JSON.stringify(graph)