diff --git a/lib/load_routes.go b/lib/load_routes.go
index 18f04dd0..51ae561a 100644
--- a/lib/load_routes.go
+++ b/lib/load_routes.go
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ func (rt *Router) listenForContentStoreUpdates(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (rt *Router) PeriodicCSRouteUpdates() {
-	tick := time.Tick(time.Minute)
+	tick := time.Tick(5 * time.Second)
 	for range tick {
-		if time.Since(rt.csLastReloadTime) > time.Minute {
+		if time.Since(rt.csLastAttemptReloadTime) > time.Minute {
 			// This is a non-blocking send, if there is already a notification to reload we don't need to send another one
 			select {
 			case rt.CsReloadChan <- true:
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ func (rt *Router) reloadCsRoutes(pool PgxIface) {
 		timer.ObserveDuration()
 	}()
 
+	rt.csLastAttemptReloadTime = time.Now()
+
 	logInfo("router: reloading routes from content store")
 	newmux := triemux.NewMux()
 
@@ -204,5 +206,4 @@ func (rt *Router) reloadCsRoutes(pool PgxIface) {
 
 	logInfo(fmt.Sprintf("router: reloaded %d routes from content store", routeCount))
 	routesCountMetric.WithLabelValues("content-store").Set(float64(routeCount))
-
 }
diff --git a/lib/router.go b/lib/router.go
index 6109e4ec..fa7baae6 100644
--- a/lib/router.go
+++ b/lib/router.go
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ const (
 // come from, Route and Backend should not contain bson fields.
 // MongoReplicaSet, MongoReplicaSetMember etc. should move out of this module.
 type Router struct {
-	backends          map[string]http.Handler
-	mux               *triemux.Mux
-	csMux             *triemux.Mux
-	lock              sync.RWMutex
-	mongoReadToOptime bson.MongoTimestamp
-	logger            logger.Logger
-	opts              Options
-	ReloadChan        chan bool
-	CsReloadChan      chan bool
-	csMuxSampleRate   float64
-	csLastReloadTime  time.Time
-	pool              *pgxpool.Pool
+	backends                map[string]http.Handler
+	mux                     *triemux.Mux
+	csMux                   *triemux.Mux
+	lock                    sync.RWMutex
+	mongoReadToOptime       bson.MongoTimestamp
+	logger                  logger.Logger
+	opts                    Options
+	ReloadChan              chan bool
+	CsReloadChan            chan bool
+	csMuxSampleRate         float64
+	csLastAttemptReloadTime time.Time
+	pool                    *pgxpool.Pool
 }
 
 type Options struct {