diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp
index 9f3ba20a..1a73261e 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace ix
     const int WebSocketTransport::kDefaultPingIntervalSecs(-1);
     const int WebSocketTransport::kDefaultPingTimeoutSecs(-1);
     const bool WebSocketTransport::kDefaultEnablePong(true);
-    const int WebSocketTransport::kClosingMaximumWaitingDelayInMs(500);
+    const int WebSocketTransport::kClosingMaximumWaitingDelayInMs(100);
     constexpr size_t WebSocketTransport::kChunkSize;
 
     const uint16_t WebSocketTransport::kInternalErrorCode(1011);