diff --git a/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/node/routes.go b/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/node/routes.go
index cb4b4a304e..5dd99431f0 100644
--- a/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/node/routes.go
+++ b/cmd/skywire-cli/commands/node/routes.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var rmRuleCmd = &cobra.Command{
 var keepAlive time.Duration
 
 func init() {
-	addRuleCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&keepAlive, "keep-alive", router.RouteKeepAlive, "duration after which routing rule will expire if no activity is present")
+	addRuleCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&keepAlive, "keep-alive", router.DefaultRouteKeepAlive, "duration after which routing rule will expire if no activity is present")
 }
 
 var addRuleCmd = &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/pkg/router/router.go b/pkg/router/router.go
index b2d813ae7b..7d4cf3c6b5 100644
--- a/pkg/router/router.go
+++ b/pkg/router/router.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// RouteKeepAlive is the default expiration interval for routes
-	RouteKeepAlive = 2 * time.Hour
+	// DefaultRouteKeepAlive is the default expiration interval for routes
+	DefaultRouteKeepAlive = 2 * time.Hour
 
 	// DefaultGarbageCollectDuration is the default duration for garbage collection of routing rules.
 	DefaultGarbageCollectDuration = time.Second * 5
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (r *Router) requestLoop(ctx context.Context, appConn *app.Protocol, raddr r
 			Local:  laddr,
 			Remote: raddr,
 		},
-		KeepAlive: RouteKeepAlive,
+		KeepAlive: DefaultRouteKeepAlive,
 		Forward:   forwardRoute,
 		Reverse:   reverseRoute,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go b/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go
index 298be00ab1..eb1d4deff1 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package visor
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/skycoin/skywire/pkg/router"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/rpc"
 	"sync"
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func NewMockRPCClient(r *rand.Rand, maxTps int, maxRules int) (cipher.PubKey, RP
 		log.Infof("tp[%2d]: %v", i, tps[i])
 	}
 	rt := routing.InMemoryRoutingTable()
-	ruleKeepAlive := 24 * time.Hour
+	ruleKeepAlive := router.DefaultRouteKeepAlive
 	for i := 0; i < r.Intn(maxRules+1); i++ {
 		remotePK, _ := cipher.GenerateKeyPair()
 		var lpRaw, rpRaw [2]byte