diff --git a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/util/KeepAliveScheduler.java b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/util/KeepAliveScheduler.java
index 6d53ed5..d07abcd 100644
--- a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/util/KeepAliveScheduler.java
+++ b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/util/KeepAliveScheduler.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class KeepAliveScheduler {
 
 		private Scheduler scheduler = Schedulers.boundedElastic();
 
-		private Duration initialDelay = Duration.ofSeconds(0);
+		private Duration initialDelay = Duration.ofSeconds(30);
 
 		private Duration interval = Duration.ofSeconds(30);