diff --git a/pkg/ludus.js b/pkg/ludus.js
index 5cec4b5..9d922b3 100644
--- a/pkg/ludus.js
+++ b/pkg/ludus.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function io_poller () {
 }
 
 function start_io_polling () {
-  io_interval_id = setInterval(io_poller, 100)
+  io_interval_id = setInterval(io_poller, 10)
 }
 
 // runs a ludus script; does not return the result
diff --git a/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm b/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm
index a59f7a5..5ea932c 100644
--- a/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm
+++ b/pkg/rudus_bg.wasm
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:32e21f5b9673aa6f7f4758a9e7cd47fe960ee84098ff1d968312462981c64522
+oid sha256:76dab7d588c72ab78f6682e7b0c89400ac9461e8f6b5016bd8be42a6885e789a
 size 2577477
diff --git a/src/world.rs b/src/world.rs
index 630fbdd..15a8379 100644
--- a/src/world.rs
+++ b/src/world.rs
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ impl World {
     }
 
     async fn maybe_do_io(&mut self) {
-        if self.last_io + 100.0 < now() {
+        if self.last_io + 10.0 < now() {
             let outbox = self.flush_buffers();
             let inbox = do_io(outbox).await;
             self.fill_buffers(inbox);