diff --git a/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h b/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h
index 18c2db3c9a..be1b6d7d34 100644
--- a/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h
+++ b/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ namespace Tukija {
 
 		public:
 
-			enum { DEFAULT_QUANTUM = 10000, DEFAULT_PRIORITY = 64 };
+			enum { DEFAULT_QUANTUM = 1000, DEFAULT_PRIORITY = 64 };
 
 			Qpd(mword_t quantum  = DEFAULT_QUANTUM,
 			    mword_t priority = DEFAULT_PRIORITY)