diff --git a/oryx-tui/src/app.rs b/oryx-tui/src/app.rs
index acb1c18..3bce104 100644
--- a/oryx-tui/src/app.rs
+++ b/oryx-tui/src/app.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ use crate::stats::Stats;
 
 pub type AppResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn error::Error>>;
 
+pub const TICK_RATE: u64 = 30;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum FocusedBlock {
     Interface,
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ impl App {
                 let mut last_index = 0;
                 let mut pattern = String::new();
                 loop {
-                    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(30));
+                    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(TICK_RATE));
                     let packets = packets.lock().unwrap();
                     let mut fuzzy = fuzzy.lock().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/oryx-tui/src/main.rs b/oryx-tui/src/main.rs
index e957865..623240a 100644
--- a/oryx-tui/src/main.rs
+++ b/oryx-tui/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 use std::io;
 
 use clap::{crate_description, crate_version, Command};
-use oryx_tui::app::{App, AppResult};
+use oryx_tui::app::{App, AppResult, TICK_RATE};
 use oryx_tui::event::{Event, EventHandler};
 use oryx_tui::handler::handle_key_events;
 use oryx_tui::tui::Tui;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fn main() -> AppResult<()> {
 
     let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(io::stdout());
     let terminal = Terminal::new(backend)?;
-    let events = EventHandler::new(50);
+    let events = EventHandler::new(TICK_RATE);
     let mut tui = Tui::new(terminal, events);
     tui.init()?;