diff --git a/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/helloworld.ts b/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/helloworld.ts
index c8e346796f..011aa767e6 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/helloworld.ts
+++ b/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/helloworld.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ export const hyperlane: HelloWorldConfig = {
     namespace: environment,
     runConfig: {
       mode: HelloWorldKathyRunMode.Service,
-      fullCycleTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, // every 24 hours
+      fullCycleTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 5, // every 5 days, 13 * 12 messages = 156 messages is little less than once an hour
     },
     messageSendTimeout: 1000 * 60 * 8, // 8 min
     messageReceiptTimeout: 1000 * 60 * 20, // 20 min
     connectionType: RpcConsensusType.Fallback,
-    cyclesBetweenEthereumMessages: 3, // Skip 3 cycles of Ethereum, i.e. send/receive Ethereum messages every 32 hours.
+    cyclesBetweenEthereumMessages: 1, // Skip 1 cycle of Ethereum, i.e. send/receive Ethereum messages every 5 days (not great since we still send like 12 in that cycle)
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/typescript/infra/config/environments/testnet4/helloworld.ts b/typescript/infra/config/environments/testnet4/helloworld.ts
index c375be27c9..475a80a709 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/config/environments/testnet4/helloworld.ts
+++ b/typescript/infra/config/environments/testnet4/helloworld.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const hyperlaneHelloworld: HelloWorldConfig = {
     namespace: environment,
     runConfig: {
       mode: HelloWorldKathyRunMode.Service,
-      fullCycleTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 48, // every 48 hours
+      fullCycleTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 6, // every 6 days. At 12 chains it 12 * 11 messages = 132 messages its a bit less than once an hour
     },
     messageSendTimeout: 1000 * 60 * 10, // 10 min
     messageReceiptTimeout: 1000 * 60 * 20, // 20 min