diff --git a/doc/conf/unrealircd.remote.conf b/doc/conf/unrealircd.remote.conf
index 443aee7..a795b7b 100644
--- a/doc/conf/unrealircd.remote.conf
+++ b/doc/conf/unrealircd.remote.conf
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ set {
 			join-flood    3:300;
 			nick-flood    3:300;
 			max-concurrent-conversations { users 2; new-user-every 120s; }
-			lag-penalty 1000;
+			lag-penalty 25;
 			lag-penalty-bytes 90;
 		}
 	}