diff --git a/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc b/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc
index d66b78a..b61f034 100644
--- a/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc
+++ b/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   CcnxInterestHeader interestHeader;
   interestHeader.SetNonce            (m_rand.GetValue ());
   interestHeader.SetName             (name);
-  interestHeader.SetInterestLifetime (Seconds (60.0));
+  interestHeader.SetInterestLifetime (Seconds (10000.0)); // really long-lived interests
 
   Ptr<Packet> packet = Create<Packet> ();
   packet->AddPacketTag (CreateObject<TypeTag> (TypeTag::INTEREST));