diff --git a/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc b/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
index e4ebcd3..251db38 100644
--- a/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
+++ b/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
     .AddAttribute ("RetxTimer",
                    "Timeout defining how frequent retransmission timeouts should be checked",
-                   StringValue ("1ms"),
+                   StringValue ("50ms"),
                    MakeTimeAccessor (&CcnxConsumer::GetRetxTimer, &CcnxConsumer::SetRetxTimer),
                    MakeTimeChecker ())