diff --git a/BuildaUtils/HTTPUtils.swift b/BuildaUtils/HTTPUtils.swift
index 091dc99..0d965bd 100644
--- a/BuildaUtils/HTTPUtils.swift
+++ b/BuildaUtils/HTTPUtils.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ public class HTTP {
     public var session: NSURLSession
     
     public init(session: NSURLSession = NSURLSession.sharedSession()) {
+        
+        //disable all caching
+        session.configuration.requestCachePolicy = .ReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
+        session.configuration.URLCache = nil
+        
         self.session = session
     }
     
diff --git a/Buildasaur/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/Buildasaur/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index 1cc643e..e4f4b1e 100644
--- a/Buildasaur/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/Buildasaur/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="7531" systemVersion="14D131" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" initialViewController="B8D-0N-5wS">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="7702" systemVersion="14D105g" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" initialViewController="B8D-0N-5wS">
     <dependencies>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="7531"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="7702"/>
         <capability name="Aspect ratio constraints" minToolsVersion="5.1"/>
     </dependencies>
     <scenes>
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@
                             </progressIndicator>
                             <stepper horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="XOz-yR-q3G">
                                 <rect key="frame" x="174" y="5" width="19" height="27"/>
-                                <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" maxValue="1000" doubleValue="30" id="rxO-tX-mnE"/>
+                                <stepperCell key="cell" continuous="YES" alignment="left" maxValue="1000" doubleValue="15" id="rxO-tX-mnE"/>
                                 <connections>
                                     <action selector="syncIntervalStepperValueChanged:" target="RHg-5W-Hb1" id="H7X-T0-MPD"/>
                                 </connections>
diff --git a/Buildasaur/StatusSyncerViewController.swift b/Buildasaur/StatusSyncerViewController.swift
index 3ebe50b..ecdcbec 100644
--- a/Buildasaur/StatusSyncerViewController.swift
+++ b/Buildasaur/StatusSyncerViewController.swift
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class StatusSyncerViewController: StatusViewController, SyncerDelegate {
             self.updateIntervalFromUIToValue(syncer.syncInterval)
             
         } else {
-            self.updateIntervalFromUIToValue(60) //default
+            self.updateIntervalFromUIToValue(15) //default
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85ad521..28f3651 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Installation Steps
     + Paste your GitHub token
     + Select the path to your SSH keys
     + Click Done, which validates the settings and GitHub access
-- In the bottom part, choose the sync interval (default is 1 minute, which works pretty well, don't decrease it too much, GitHub rate-limits access)
+- In the bottom part, choose the sync interval (default is now 15 seconds, which works pretty well, don't decrease it too much, GitHub rate-limits access to 5000 requests per hour, when authenticated and only 60 when unauthenticated)
 - If both Server and Project configs say *Verified access, all is well*, click **Start** to start syncing your pull requests with bots.
 
 ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/czechboy0/Buildasaur/master/Meta/builda_screenshot.png)