diff --git a/bin/xss-lock b/bin/xss-lock
index c01b45e..c5f8d88 100755
--- a/bin/xss-lock
+++ b/bin/xss-lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 me="$(readlink -f "$0")"
 timeout=300
-notify=$((timeout/20))
+notify=$((timeout/10))
 
 configure() {
     xset s $((timeout - notify)) $notify