diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index a6220bbf..1f0386ba 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ static bool initcurses(void *oldmask)
 	}
 
 	settimeout(); /* One second */
-	set_escdelay(0);
+	set_escdelay(25);
 	return TRUE;
 }