diff --git a/src/config/preferences.c b/src/config/preferences.c
index 11a0b217..a1f82940 100644
--- a/src/config/preferences.c
+++ b/src/config/preferences.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 #define PREF_GROUP_ALIAS "alias"
 #define PREF_GROUP_OTR "otr"
 
-#define INPBLOCK_DEFAULT 20
+#define INPBLOCK_DEFAULT 1000
 
 static gchar *prefs_loc;
 static GKeyFile *prefs;