diff --git a/src/layouts/Main.tsx b/src/layouts/Main.tsx
index f3962eb..5a8cca2 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Main.tsx
+++ b/src/layouts/Main.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import {
 import { useAppSelector } from '../hooks'
 import styles from './style.module.scss'
 
+const UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 120000
+
 export const MainLayout = () => {
   const dispatch: Dispatch = useDispatch()
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
   const usersAppData = useAppSelector((state) => state.userAppData)
 
   // Ref to track if `subscribeForSigits` has been called
-  const hasSubscribed = useRef(false)
+  const hasSubscribed = useRef<number | null>(null)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const metadataController = new MetadataController()
@@ -109,10 +111,27 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
 
       if (pubkey && !hasSubscribed.current) {
         // Call `subscribeForSigits` only if it hasn't been called before
+        // #193 disabled websocket subscribtion, keep updating the sigits on UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS until #194 is done
+        // Set up the update sigit loop, use setTimeout to make sure times between updates are consistent
+        // (not affected by execution duration of subscribeForSigits call)
+        const loop = () => {
+          hasSubscribed.current = window.setTimeout(async () => {
+            await subscribeForSigits(pubkey)
+            loop()
+          }, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS)
+        }
         subscribeForSigits(pubkey)
+        loop()
 
         // Mark `subscribeForSigits` as called
-        hasSubscribed.current = true
+        //hasSubscribed.current = true
+      }
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      if (hasSubscribed.current) {
+        window.clearTimeout(hasSubscribed.current)
+        hasSubscribed.current = null
       }
     }
   }, [authState, usersAppData])