Merge remote-tracking branch 'cloudant/revert-default-value-for-max_write_delay'
diff --git a/src/global_changes_server.erl b/src/global_changes_server.erl
index 70a4f25..7e30625 100644
--- a/src/global_changes_server.erl
+++ b/src/global_changes_server.erl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     {ok, Handler} = global_changes_listener:start(),
     % get configs as strings
     UpdateDb0 = config:get("global_changes", "update_db", "true"),
-    MaxWriteDelay0 = config:get("global_changes", "max_write_delay", "25"),
+    MaxWriteDelay0 = config:get("global_changes", "max_write_delay", "500"),
 
     % make config strings into other data types
     UpdateDb = case UpdateDb0 of "false" -> false; _ -> true end,