diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index 0d7778e..0f883ed 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function broadcast(room: Room, makeMessage: (playerId: PlayerId) => unknown): vo
  * The clockwork plays at a watchable pace: one command every beat, each
  * broadcast as it lands, until the maze wants a human again.
  */
-const BOT_STEP_MS = 1500;
+const BOT_STEP_MS = 1000;
 
 /** What a step's event means to this bot — its own deed when it acted,
  * its own suffering when somebody else did. Null: nothing worth a word. */