diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 194f39ca3..a814c24a8 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@
       if (err) {
         if (err === 'You seem to have mistyped the verification.' || err === 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.') {
           qr.cooldown.auto = !!$.get('captchas', []).length;
-          qr.cooldown.set(10);
+          qr.cooldown.set(2);
         } else {
           qr.cooldown.auto = false;
         }
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 25eae008e..f9cf2b76c 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ qr =
         qr.cooldown.auto = !!$.get('captchas', []).length
         # Too many frequent mistyped captchas will auto-ban you!
         # On connection error, the post most likely didn't go through.
-        qr.cooldown.set 10
+        qr.cooldown.set 2
       else # stop auto-posting
         qr.cooldown.auto = false
       qr.status()