diff --git a/js/background.js b/js/background.js
index 3631ae88f..5a8bb4606 100644
--- a/js/background.js
+++ b/js/background.js
@@ -756,8 +756,9 @@
     messageReceiver.addEventListener('sent', window.DataMessageReceiver.handleMessageEvent);
     messageReceiver.addEventListener('reconnect', onReconnect);
     messageReceiver.addEventListener('configuration', onConfiguration);
-    // messageReceiver.addEventListener('typing', onTyping);
+    window.SwarmPolling.addPubkey(window.libsession.Utils.UserUtils.getOurPubKeyStrFromCache());
 
+    window.SwarmPolling.start();
     window.libsession.Utils.AttachmentDownloads.start({
       logger: window.log,
     });
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index ca15f6608..32cca1af0 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ window.LokiPublicChatAPI = require('./js/modules/loki_public_chat_api');
 
 window.LokiFileServerAPI = require('./js/modules/loki_file_server_api');
 window.LokiPushNotificationServerApi = require('./js/modules/loki_push_notification_server_api');
+window.SwarmPolling = require('./ts/session/snode_api/swarmPolling').SwarmPolling.getInstance();
 
 const WorkerInterface = require('./js/modules/util_worker_interface');
 
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts b/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts
index 144b36cd1..4bfbf7ec7 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/syncUtils.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const syncConfigurationIfNeeded = async () => {
   const now = Date.now();
 
   // if the last sync was less than 2 days before, return early.
-  if (Math.abs(now - lastSyncedTimestamp) < DAYS * 2) {
+  if (Math.abs(now - lastSyncedTimestamp) < DAYS * 7) {
     return;
   }