diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index c6b2b26fa..df234bbdf 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ data.driver_path=
 # to update the other files if we are within this timespan. Per NIST this file
 # holds 8 days of updates, we are using 7 just to be safe.
 cve.url.modified.validfordays=7
-
+# the number of hours to wait before checking if updates are available from the NVD.
+cve.check.validforhours=4
 # the path to the modified nvd cve xml file.
 cve.url-1.2.modified=https://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-Modified.xml.gz
 #cve.url-1.2.modified=http://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-modified.xml