diff --git a/src/vtedefines.hh b/src/vtedefines.hh
index c8ecb1a..eb46f52 100644
--- a/src/vtedefines.hh
+++ b/src/vtedefines.hh
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
 #define VTE_CHILD_OUTPUT_PRIORITY	G_PRIORITY_HIGH
 #define VTE_MAX_INPUT_READ		0x1000
-#define VTE_DISPLAY_TIMEOUT		10
+#define VTE_DISPLAY_TIMEOUT		10
-#define VTE_UPDATE_TIMEOUT		15
-#define VTE_UPDATE_REPEAT_TIMEOUT	30
+#define VTE_UPDATE_TIMEOUT		5
+#define VTE_UPDATE_REPEAT_TIMEOUT	10
 #define VTE_MAX_PROCESS_TIME		100
 #define VTE_CELL_BBOX_SLACK		1
 #define VTE_DEFAULT_UTF8_AMBIGUOUS_WIDTH 1