diff --git a/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp b/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp
index fee976597..8efb46fa6 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/posix/linux/linux_process.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 extern char **environ;
 
-#define INITIAL_WAIT_TIME 1000
+#define INITIAL_WAIT_TIME 1
 #define MAX_WAIT_TIME 128000
 
 char **GetCurrentEnvironment()