diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 3318dea..230f9f6 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub const WEB_HOST: &str = "127.0.0.1:3000";
 pub const IMAGE_SAVE_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
 pub const JPEG_UPDATE_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(17);
 pub const WEB_UPDATE_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(50);
+pub const STDOUT_STATISTICS_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(5000);
 
 pub const HELP_TEXT: &[u8] = b"Flurry is a pixelflut implementation, this means you can use commands to get and set pixels in the canvas
 SIZE returns the size of the canvas
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3581e50..f07ee47 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ use std::{
 
 use chrono::Local;
 use flurry::{
-    config::{GRID_LENGTH, HOST, IMAGE_SAVE_INTERVAL, JPEG_UPDATE_INTERVAL},
+    config::{
+        GRID_LENGTH, HOST, IMAGE_SAVE_INTERVAL, JPEG_UPDATE_INTERVAL, STDOUT_STATISTICS_INTERVAL,
+    },
     flutclient::{FlutClient, ParserTypes},
     grid::{self, Flut},
     webapi::WebApiContext,
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _
 
 /// This function logs the current amount of changed pixels to stdout every second
 async fn pixel_change_stdout_log() -> AsyncResult<Never> {
-    let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_millis(1000));
+    let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(STDOUT_STATISTICS_INTERVAL);
     loop {
         interval.tick().await;
         let cnt = COUNTER.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);