diff --git a/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr_fib.c b/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr_fib.c
index 251bf95..6ef81cb 100755
--- a/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr_fib.c
+++ b/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr_fib.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	forwarding_entry->ccnd_id_size =ccnd_id_size;
 	forwarding_entry->faceid = faceid;
 	forwarding_entry->flags = -1;
-	forwarding_entry->lifetime = (~0U) >> 1;
+	forwarding_entry->lifetime = 2100;
 
 	prefixreg = ccn_charbuf_create();
 	ccnb_append_forwarding_entry(prefixreg, forwarding_entry);