diff --git a/telegram-bot-api/ClientManager.h b/telegram-bot-api/ClientManager.h
index 33ef4c7..ef91214 100644
--- a/telegram-bot-api/ClientManager.h
+++ b/telegram-bot-api/ClientManager.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ClientManager final : public td::Actor {
   td::int64 tqueue_deleted_events_ = 0;
   td::int64 last_tqueue_deleted_events_ = 0;
 
-  static constexpr double WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT = 0.5;
+  static constexpr double WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT = 0.25;
 
   static td::int64 get_tqueue_id(td::int64 user_id, bool is_test_dc);
 
diff --git a/telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api.cpp b/telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api.cpp
index 8b7b975..60713ee 100644
--- a/telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api.cpp
+++ b/telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         .release();
   }
 
-  constexpr double WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT = 0.5;
+  constexpr double WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT = 0.25;
   auto watchdog_id =
       sched.create_actor_unsafe<Watchdog>(thread_count - 2, "Watchdog", td::this_thread::get_id(), WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT);