diff --git a/geth-poa/genesis.json b/geth-poa/genesis.json
index fe7543d605..0ec549625d 100644
--- a/geth-poa/genesis.json
+++ b/geth-poa/genesis.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "arrowGlacierBlock": 0,
       "grayGlacierBlock": 0,
       "clique": {
-        "period": 2000,
+        "period": 200,
         "epoch": 30000
       }
     },
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "timestamp": "0x6546df6d",
     "extraData": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000d9cd8E5DE6d55f796D980B818D350C0746C25b97788EBABe5c3dD422Ef92Ca6714A69e2eabcE1Ee40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-    "difficulty": "0x1",
+    "difficulty": "0x3",
     "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "alloc": {