diff --git a/roles/mesh-interfaces/templates/mesh.conf.j2 b/roles/mesh-interfaces/templates/mesh.conf.j2
index fab2438..6424929 100644
--- a/roles/mesh-interfaces/templates/mesh.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/mesh-interfaces/templates/mesh.conf.j2
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ iface bat-{{ site_code }}
 	batman-ifaces-ignore-regex	.*_.*
 	#
 	up /usr/sbin/batctl -m bat-{{ site_code }} gw_mode server 100000 100000
+    up /usr/sbin/batctl -m bat-{{ site_code }} it 5000
 
 # dmy-{{ site_code }}
 auto dmy-{{ site_code }}