diff --git a/synapse/lib/lmdbslab.py b/synapse/lib/lmdbslab.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/synapse/lib/lmdbslab.py
+++ b/synapse/lib/lmdbslab.py
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class Slab(s_base.Base):
     COMMIT_PERIOD = float(os.environ.get('SYN_SLAB_COMMIT_PERIOD', '0.2'))
 
     # warn if commit takes too long
-    WARN_COMMIT_TIME_MS = int(float(os.environ.get('SYN_SLAB_COMMIT_WARN', '5.0')) * 1000)
+    WARN_COMMIT_TIME_MS = int(float(os.environ.get('SYN_SLAB_COMMIT_WARN', '1.0')) * 1000)
 
     DEFAULT_MAPSIZE = s_const.gibibyte
     DEFAULT_GROWSIZE = None
Change SYN_SLAB_COMMIT_WARN from <I> to <I> (SYN-<I>) (#<I>)