diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 4ffab55d..f9b32ee1 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static bool initcurses(void *oldmask)
 	}
 
 	settimeout(); /* One second */
-	set_escdelay(25);
+	set_escdelay(0);
 	return TRUE;
 }