diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index f1e1128..3099c59 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const config = {
     peerDiscovery: [
         bootstrap(bootstrapConfig),
         pubsubPeerDiscovery({
-            interval: 10000,
+            interval: 70000,
             topics: pubSubPeerDiscoveryTopics, // defaults to ['_peer-discovery._p2p._pubsub']
             listenOnly: false
         })
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Settings.svelte b/src/lib/components/Settings.svelte
index b75464d..5b9f7cd 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Settings.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Settings.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
         libp2p,
         connectedPeers,
         masterSeed,
-        handle,
         orbitdb, seedPhrase,
         dbMyAddressBook, selectedAddr, selectedTab
     } from "../../stores.js"