diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/seizure_detector_prefs.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/seizure_detector_prefs.xml
index 3a07770..aa6c88d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/seizure_detector_prefs.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/seizure_detector_prefs.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             android:summary="@string/AlarmFreqMinSummary"
             android:title="@string/AlarmFreqMinTitle" />
         <EditTextPreference
-            android:defaultValue="10"
+            android:defaultValue="8"
             android:key="AlarmFreqMax"
             android:summary="@string/AlarmFreqMaxSummary"
             android:title="@string/AlarmFreqMaxTitle" />