diff --git a/settings/main.c b/settings/main.c
index f4ded70..99f4c2c 100644
--- a/settings/main.c
+++ b/settings/main.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ cb_xfdesktop_spin_icon_size_changed(GtkSpinButton *button,
         timer_id = 0;
     }
 
-    timer_id = g_timeout_add(2000,
+    timer_id = g_timeout_add(500,
                              (GSourceFunc)xfdesktop_spin_icon_size_timer,
                              button);
 
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ xfdesktop_settings_dialog_add_screens(GtkBuilder *main_gxml,
     chk_show_thumbnails = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object(main_gxml,
                                                             "chk_show_thumbnails"));
     /* The default value when this property is not set, is 'TRUE'.
-     * the bind operation defaults to 'FALSE' for unset boolean properties. 
+     * the bind operation defaults to 'FALSE' for unset boolean properties.
      *
      * Make the checkbox correspond to the default behaviour.
      */