diff --git a/config/config.c b/config/config.c
index 632869d2..d59f80ae 100644
--- a/config/config.c
+++ b/config/config.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Settings config = {
     /** fallback icon */
     .application_fallback_icon = NULL,
     /** refilter limit */
-    .refilter_timeout_limit = 8192,
+    .refilter_timeout_limit = 4 * 8192,
     /** workaround for broken xserver (#300 on xserver, #611) */
     .xserver_i300_workaround = FALSE,
 };