diff --git a/bin/xss-lock b/bin/xss-lock
index 633bdd8..c01b45e 100755
--- a/bin/xss-lock
+++ b/bin/xss-lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 me="$(readlink -f "$0")"
 timeout=300
-notify=$((timeout/30))
+notify=$((timeout/20))
 
 configure() {
     xset s $((timeout - notify)) $notify