diff --git a/lib/sources/sp-hostinfo-source.c b/lib/sources/sp-hostinfo-source.c
index 38bc03e8..58a0a4d4 100644
--- a/lib/sources/sp-hostinfo-source.c
+++ b/lib/sources/sp-hostinfo-source.c
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ sp_hostinfo_source_start (SpSource *source)
 
   g_assert (SP_IS_HOSTINFO_SOURCE (self));
 
-  self->handler = g_timeout_add (250, collect_hostinfo_cb, self);
+  /* 20 samples per second */
+  self->handler = g_timeout_add (1000/20, collect_hostinfo_cb, self);
 }
 
 static void