diff --git a/js/mod/recent-posts-auto-reload.js b/js/mod/recent-posts-auto-reload.js
index e401c8bd..1c269c18 100644
--- a/js/mod/recent-posts-auto-reload.js
+++ b/js/mod/recent-posts-auto-reload.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     // Grab the settings
     var settings = new script_settings('auto-reload-mod');
     var poll_interval_mindelay        = settings.get('min_delay_bottom', 5000);
-    var poll_interval_maxdelay        = settings.get('max_delay', 600000);
+    var poll_interval_maxdelay        = settings.get('max_delay', 10000);
     var poll_interval_errordelay      = settings.get('error_delay', 30000);
 
     // number of ms to wait before reloading