diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/pocketsphinx.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/pocketsphinx.conf.xml
index 7f4016b76b..2fbd4a6506 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/pocketsphinx.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/pocketsphinx.conf.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <configuration name="pocketsphinx.conf" description="PocketSphinx ASR Configuration">
   <settings>
     <param name="threshold" value="400"/>
-    <param name="silence-hits" value="35"/>
-    <param name="listen-hits" value="5"/>
+    <param name="silence-hits" value="25"/>
+    <param name="listen-hits" value="1"/>
     <param name="auto-reload" value="true"/>
   </settings>
 </configuration>