diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index f018a40b53..6bb5ee40dc 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8173,3 +8173,9 @@ David  28 July 2006
         ffmail_form.php
     py/Boinc/
         setup_project.py
+
+David  29 July 2006
+    - core client: limit backoff to 24 hours
+
+    client/
+        scheduler_op.h
diff --git a/client/scheduler_op.h b/client/scheduler_op.h
index 40aeb4ec23..0036cbdffa 100644
--- a/client/scheduler_op.h
+++ b/client/scheduler_op.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ typedef enum {
     // after this many master-fetch failures, 
     // move into a state in which we retry master fetch
     // at the frequency below
-#define MASTER_FETCH_INTERVAL (86400*7)    // 1 week
+#define MASTER_FETCH_INTERVAL (86400)    // 1 day
     // See above
 
 // constants used to bound RPC backoff