diff --git a/src/QBar/Host.hs b/src/QBar/Host.hs
index 748ae734827e39e8948837615ac45210901052b2..22bb7f0d756f7b97c774db83326183be8544349d 100644
--- a/src/QBar/Host.hs
+++ b/src/QBar/Host.hs
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ runBlocks bar HostHandle{barUpdateEvent, barUpdatedEvent, followupEventWaitTimeM
 
       liftIO $ Event.signal barUpdatedEvent
 
-      -- Wait for 50ms after rendering a line to limit cpu load of rapid events
-      liftIO $ threadDelay 50000
+      -- Wait for 20ms after rendering a line to limit cpu load of rapid events
+      liftIO $ threadDelay 20000
 
       -- Loop
       runBlocks' blocks''