diff --git a/constants/auth.ts b/constants/auth.ts
index fae7a2520..656178378 100644
--- a/constants/auth.ts
+++ b/constants/auth.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * How many seconds before the expiry of the access token
- * the client should refresh the tokens
+ * the client should refresh the tokens.
+ * Should be ~10% of the token lifetime.
+ * The token life time is 30 minutes
  */
-export const PRE_REFRESH_TIME_IN_SECONDS = 30
+export const PRE_REFRESH_TIME_IN_SECONDS = 180
 
 /**
  * How many minutes the client should be allowed to be inactive