diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 979d8c410..b5e69552f 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func NewConfig(confString string) (*Config, error) {
 		},
 		Audio: AudioConfig{
 			ActiveLevel:    40,
-			MinPercentile:  20,
-			UpdateInterval: 1000,
+			MinPercentile:  15,
+			UpdateInterval: 500,
 		},
 		Redis: RedisConfig{},
 		Keys:  map[string]string{},
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/audiolevel.go b/pkg/rtc/audiolevel.go
index dc45d7d10..2cb8b28c6 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/audiolevel.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/audiolevel.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// number of samples to compute moving average over
-	averageSamples   = 40
+	averageSamples   = 30
 	silentAudioLevel = uint8(127)
 )