diff --git a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_external_routes.py b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_external_routes.py
index ba4f939..fda66bd 100644
--- a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_external_routes.py
+++ b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_external_routes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 class SyncExternalRoutes(SyncStep):
 	# XXX what does this provide?
+	requested_interval = 86400 # This step is slow like a pig. Let's run it infrequently
+
 	def call(self):
 		routes = self.manager.driver.get_external_routes()
         subnets = self.manager.driver.shell.quantum.list_subnets()['subnets']