diff --git a/cloudflare-worker/worker.js b/cloudflare-worker/worker.js
index a041bc39..67dd5206 100644
--- a/cloudflare-worker/worker.js
+++ b/cloudflare-worker/worker.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function handleCorsPreflight(request) {
       ...getCorsHeaders(request),
       'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, OPTIONS',
       'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'Content-Type',
-      'Access-Control-Max-Age': '86400',
+      'Access-Control-Max-Age': '300', // 5 minutes - allows quick recovery from CORS issues
     },
   });
 }