diff --git a/serviced/cmd.go b/serviced/cmd.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/serviced/cmd.go
+++ b/serviced/cmd.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.Var(&options.zookeepers, "zk", "Specify a zookeeper instance to connect to (e.g. -zk localhost:2181 )")
 	flag.BoolVar(&options.repstats, "reportstats", true, "report container statistics")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.statshost, "statshost", "127.0.0.1:8443", "host:port for container statistics")
-	flag.IntVar(&options.statsperiod, "statsperiod", 1, "Period (seconds) for container statistics reporting")
+	flag.IntVar(&options.statsperiod, "statsperiod", 60, "Period (seconds) for container statistics reporting")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.mcusername, "mcusername", "scott", "Username for the Zenoss metric consumer")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.mcpasswd, "mcpasswd", "tiger", "Password for the Zenoss metric consumer")
 	options.mount = make(ListOpts, 0)
change metric sampling rate to 1 minute