From dc1c9a1f82294f23ae56ac6d98ba4892a2d19617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derrick Hammer <derrick@derrickhammer.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:46:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] *Change heartbeat check to 1/4 the heartBeatInterval rate

---
 src/index.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 481a357..3d80901 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ export default class DHTCache extends EventEmitter {
       });
 
     this._ensurePeer(this.id);
-    setInterval(() => this._heartbeatCheck(), 5 * 1000);
+    setInterval(
+      () => this._heartbeatCheck(),
+      (this.heartBeatInterval / 4) * 1000
+    );
     setInterval(() => this._emitHeartbeat(), this.heartBeatInterval * 1000);
   }