diff --git a/src/core/constants.js b/src/core/constants.js
index 0d57b9c..a819cab 100644
--- a/src/core/constants.js
+++ b/src/core/constants.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const THREE_TILE_SIZE = 32;
 // 2D tile size
 export const TILE_SIZE = 256;
 // how much to scale for a new tiled zoomlevel
-export const TILE_ZOOM_LEVEL = 4;
+export const TILE_ZOOM_LEVEL = 2;
 
 export const COOKIE_SESSION_NAME = 'pixelplanet.session';
 
diff --git a/src/core/tileserver.js b/src/core/tileserver.js
index a9ab4f6..2ce7f4e 100644
--- a/src/core/tileserver.js
+++ b/src/core/tileserver.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class CanvasUpdater {
     }
     for (let c = 0; c < this.maxTiledZoom; c += 1) {
       this.TileLoadingQueues.push([]);
-      const timeout = (8 ** (this.maxTiledZoom - c - 1)) * 5 * 1000;
+      const timeout = (7 ** (this.maxTiledZoom - c - 1)) * 5 * 1000;
       logger.info(
         `Tiling: Set interval for zoomlevel ${c} update to ${timeout / 1000}`,
       );