diff --git a/src/monitoring/service/__main__.py b/src/monitoring/service/__main__.py
index d0a132c70bed2c56bc9159ec3ad284120c0eb623..d242f0fc0add7afebed32178bfafde23552a7649 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/service/__main__.py
+++ b/src/monitoring/service/__main__.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def start_monitoring(name_mapping : NameMapping):
                 monitor_kpi_request = monitoring_pb2.MonitorKpiRequest()
                 monitor_kpi_request.kpi_id.CopyFrom(kpi_id)
                 monitor_kpi_request.monitoring_window_s = 86400
-                monitor_kpi_request.sampling_rate_s = 30
+                monitor_kpi_request.sampling_rate_s = 10
                 events_collector._monitoring_client.MonitorKpi(monitor_kpi_request)
         
         time.sleep(0.5) # let other tasks run; do not overload CPU