diff --git a/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.form b/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.form
index 99fbafbe66..fad7703b9f 100644
--- a/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.form
+++ b/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.form
@@ -122,16 +122,15 @@
     <Component class="javax.swing.JSlider" name="freqSlider">
       <Properties>
         <Property name="majorTickSpacing" type="int" value="5"/>
-        <Property name="maximum" type="int" value="60"/>
-        <Property name="minimum" type="int" value="5"/>
-        <Property name="minorTickSpacing" type="int" value="1"/>
+        <Property name="maximum" type="int" value="30"/>
+        <Property name="minorTickSpacing" type="int" value="2"/>
         <Property name="paintLabels" type="boolean" value="true"/>
         <Property name="paintTicks" type="boolean" value="true"/>
         <Property name="snapToTicks" type="boolean" value="true"/>
         <Property name="toolTipText" type="java.lang.String" editor="org.netbeans.modules.i18n.form.FormI18nStringEditor">
           <ResourceString bundle="org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/Bundle.properties" key="IngestDialogPanel.freqSlider.toolTipText" replaceFormat="org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage({sourceFileName}.class, &quot;{key}&quot;)"/>
         </Property>
-        <Property name="value" type="int" value="30"/>
+        <Property name="value" type="int" value="15"/>
       </Properties>
     </Component>
     <Component class="javax.swing.JLabel" name="freqSliderLabel">
diff --git a/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.java b/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.java
index dccb6af220..20e72f923e 100644
--- a/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.java
+++ b/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestDialogPanel.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
+import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
+import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.Image;
 
 /**
@@ -143,6 +145,18 @@ public class IngestDialogPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
             freqSlider.setEnabled(true);
         }
         freqSlider.setValue(manager.getUpdateFrequency());
+        
+        freqSlider.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
+
+            @Override
+            public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
+               int val = freqSlider.getValue();
+               if (val<2)
+                   freqSlider.setValue(2);
+            }
+            
+        
+        });
     }
 
     /** This method is called from within the constructor to
@@ -188,14 +202,13 @@ public class IngestDialogPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
         closeButton.setText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(IngestDialogPanel.class, "IngestDialogPanel.closeButton.text")); // NOI18N
 
         freqSlider.setMajorTickSpacing(5);
-        freqSlider.setMaximum(60);
-        freqSlider.setMinimum(5);
-        freqSlider.setMinorTickSpacing(1);
+        freqSlider.setMaximum(30);
+        freqSlider.setMinorTickSpacing(2);
         freqSlider.setPaintLabels(true);
         freqSlider.setPaintTicks(true);
         freqSlider.setSnapToTicks(true);
         freqSlider.setToolTipText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(IngestDialogPanel.class, "IngestDialogPanel.freqSlider.toolTipText")); // NOI18N
-        freqSlider.setValue(30);
+        freqSlider.setValue(15);
 
         freqSliderLabel.setText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(IngestDialogPanel.class, "IngestDialogPanel.freqSliderLabel.text")); // NOI18N
         freqSliderLabel.setToolTipText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(IngestDialogPanel.class, "IngestDialogPanel.freqSliderLabel.toolTipText")); // NOI18N
diff --git a/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestManager.java b/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestManager.java
index 79f0c9294c..8963b221ce 100755
--- a/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestManager.java
+++ b/Ingest/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestManager.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class IngestManager {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(IngestManager.class.getName());
     private IngestManagerStats stats;
-    private volatile int updateFrequency = 30; //in minutes
+    private volatile int updateFrequency = 15; //in minutes
     //queues
     private final ImageQueue imageQueue = new ImageQueue();   // list of services and images to analyze
     private final FsContentQueue fsContentQueue = new FsContentQueue();