diff --git a/src/status_im/events.cljs b/src/status_im/events.cljs
index 0e5d232d83..8984090691 100644
--- a/src/status_im/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/events.cljs
@@ -1191,19 +1191,16 @@
                        (dissoc :app-in-background-since)
                        (assoc :app-active-since now))}
               (mailserver/process-next-messages-request)
-              (wallet/restart-wallet-service {:force-start? true})
+              (wallet/restart-wallet-service-after-background app-in-background-since)
               #(when requires-bio-auth
                  (biometric/authenticate % on-biometric-auth-result authentication-options)))))
 
 (fx/defn on-going-in-background
   [{:keys [db now] :as cofx}]
-  (fx/merge
-   cofx
-   {:db         (-> db
-                    (dissoc :app-active-since)
-                    (assoc :app-in-background-since now))
-    :dispatch-n [[:audio-recorder/on-background] [:audio-message/on-background]]}
-   (wallet/clear-timeouts)))
+  {:db         (-> db
+                   (dissoc :app-active-since)
+                   (assoc :app-in-background-since now))
+   :dispatch-n [[:audio-recorder/on-background] [:audio-message/on-background]]})
 
 (defn app-state-change [state {:keys [db] :as cofx}]
   (let [app-coming-from-background? (= state "active")
diff --git a/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs b/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs
index 99f1a7b302..1de47b22c7 100644
--- a/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@
 
 (defn start-wallet [watch-new-blocks?]
   (log/debug "[native-module] start-wallet" watch-new-blocks?)
-  (.startWallet ^js (status) watch-new-blocks?))
+  (when (status)
+    (.startWallet ^js (status) watch-new-blocks?)))
 
 (defn stop-local-notifications []
   (log/debug "[native-module] stop-local-notifications")
diff --git a/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs b/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs
index 1aae2105b1..3a2654bb62 100644
--- a/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
 (defn now []
   (t/now))
 
-(def hour (* 1000 60 60))
-(def day (* hour 24))
+(def one-second 1000)
+(def minute (* 60 one-second))
+(defn minutes [m]
+  (* m minute))
+(def hour (* 60 minute))
+(def day (* 24 hour))
 (def week (* 7 day))
 (def units [{:name :t/datetime-second-short :limit 60 :in-second 1}
             {:name :t/datetime-minute-short :limit 3600 :in-second 60}
diff --git a/src/status_im/wallet/core.cljs b/src/status_im/wallet/core.cljs
index f63811ed5a..48658b88c5 100644
--- a/src/status_im/wallet/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/wallet/core.cljs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             [status-im.wallet.utils :as wallet.utils]
             [status-im.native-module.core :as status]
             [status-im.ui.screens.mobile-network-settings.utils :as mobile-network-utils]
+            [status-im.utils.datetime :as datetime]
             status-im.wallet.recipient.core))
 
 (defn get-balance
@@ -543,8 +544,8 @@
    (log/info "start-wallet fx" watch-new-blocks?)
    (status/start-wallet watch-new-blocks?)))
 
-(def ms-10-min (* 10 60 1000))
-(def ms-20-min (* 20 60 1000))
+(def ms-10-min (datetime/minutes 10))
+(def ms-20-min (datetime/minutes 20))
 
 (fx/defn stop-wallet
   [{:keys [db] :as cofx}]
@@ -595,6 +596,16 @@
         (start-wallet cofx (boolean (or watch-new-blocks? watching-txs?)))
         (stop-wallet cofx)))))
 
+(def background-cooldown-time (datetime/minutes 3))
+
+(fx/defn restart-wallet-service-after-background
+  [{:keys [now] :as cofx} background-time]
+  (when (> (- now background-time)
+           background-cooldown-time)
+    (restart-wallet-service
+     cofx
+     {:force-start? true})))
+
 (fx/defn restart-wallet-service-default
   [cofx]
   (restart-wallet-service cofx nil))