diff --git a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
index 11e5e222..353cd3ec 100644
--- a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
+++ b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class InnerTubePokeVidious {
     };
 
 
-// retry indefinitely but with a 25-second max retry window to avoid spam
-const fetchWithRetry = async (url, options = {}, maxRetryTime = 25000) => {
+// retry indefinitely but with a 10-second max retry window to avoid spam
+const fetchWithRetry = async (url, options = {}, maxRetryTime = 10000) => {
   const startTime = Date.now();
   let lastError;