diff --git a/config.template b/config.template
index e98bd49..9bf4a79 100644
--- a/config.template
+++ b/config.template
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ golfsim = True
 
 [messagingSettings]
 # delay in seconds for response to avoid message collision
-responseDelay = 0.7
+responseDelay = 1.2
 # delay in seconds for splits in messages to avoid message collision
 splitDelay = 0.0
 # message chunk size for sending at high success rate, chunkr allows exceeding by 3 characters