diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index 84dd31c..a931ff1 100644
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ usermodmap="$HOME/.config/Xmodmap"      ; [ -f "$usermodmap"    ] && xmodmap "$u
 
 
 xset b off          # don't beep! that's annoying as hell
-xset r rate 170 40  # wait 170 ms before repeating, 40 chars/second
+xset r rate 170 60  # delay 170ms, 60 keypresses per second
 
 
-export TERMINAL=st
+# fav terminal is xfce4-terminal. I tried out st, but it's way too laggy in its rendering.
+export TERMINAL=xfce4-terminal
 
 
 # default desktop environment to start