diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index d3a2de0dca..42709c078d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ void SConfig::LoadCoreSettings(IniFile& ini)
   core->Get("SelectedLanguage", &SelectedLanguage, 0);
   core->Get("OverrideGCLang", &bOverrideGCLanguage, false);
   core->Get("DPL2Decoder", &bDPL2Decoder, false);
-  core->Get("Latency", &iLatency, 2);
+  core->Get("Latency", &iLatency, 5);
   core->Get("AudioStretch", &m_audio_stretch, false);
   core->Get("AudioStretchMaxLatency", &m_audio_stretch_max_latency, 80);
   core->Get("MemcardAPath", &m_strMemoryCardA);