diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/scholar.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/scholar.js
index d0d9ad76b0..9ba05053d4 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/scholar.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/scholar.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const SCHOLAR_CONFIG = {
 	DEBUG_TO_CONSOLE: true, // dump debug messages to console rather than (much slower) Debug Logger
 	REPOSITORY_URL: 'http://chnm.gmu.edu/firefoxscholar/repo',
 	REPOSITORY_CHECK_INTERVAL: 86400, // 24 hours
-	REPOSITORY_CHECK_RETRY: 60 // 1 hour
+	REPOSITORY_CHECK_RETRY: 3600 // 1 hour
 };
 
 /*