diff --git a/lib/trinity/scheduler.ex b/lib/trinity/scheduler.ex
index c94cb81..a37021c 100644
--- a/lib/trinity/scheduler.ex
+++ b/lib/trinity/scheduler.ex
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ defmodule Trinity.Scheduler do
       # needed to avoid a race where the message is already in the queue so we never unsuspend
       #
       # TODO: we could perform a yield(0) here to ensure all calls to `receive_yield()` actually yield
-      Trinity.Scheduler.yield(10)
+      Trinity.Scheduler.yield(1)
       case Trinity.Scheduler.receive_loop(receive_fun, ref, unquote(timeout), start) do
         # We re-use the same ref to detect a timeout
         ^ref -> unquote(timeout_value)