diff --git a/config/defaults.go b/config/defaults.go
index 3fa3fc08a..aba3a6bfa 100644
--- a/config/defaults.go
+++ b/config/defaults.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(home, chainId string) *NodeConfig {
 		Aggregator: true,
 		BlockManagerConfig: BlockManagerConfig{
 			BlockTime:               200 * time.Millisecond,
-			EmptyBlocksMaxTime:      3 * time.Second,
+			EmptyBlocksMaxTime:      3600 * time.Second,
 			BatchSubmitMaxTime:      100 * time.Second,
 			NamespaceID:             "0000000000000000ffff",
 			BlockBatchSize:          500,