diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 60ec8877..a0c956b0 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ static bool initcurses(void)
 		init_pair(4, g_ctx[3].color, -1);
 	}
 	settimeout(); /* One second */
+	set_escdelay(25);
 	return TRUE;
 }