diff --git a/webapp/src/cloudsync.ts b/webapp/src/cloudsync.ts
index b0256634a6ff..d27adc76a130 100644
--- a/webapp/src/cloudsync.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/cloudsync.ts
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ function pingApiHandlerAsync(p: string): Promise<any> {
 }
 
 data.mountVirtualApi("sync", { getSync: syncApiHandler })
-data.mountVirtualApi("github", { getSync: githubApiHandler })
+data.mountVirtualApi("github", { getSync: githubApiHandler, expirationTime: p => 24 * 3600 * 1000 })
 data.mountVirtualApi("ping", {
     getAsync: pingApiHandlerAsync,
     expirationTime: p => 24 * 3600 * 1000,