diff --git a/src/algo_thunder.c b/src/algo_thunder.c
index 4d11376..d4e4425 100644
--- a/src/algo_thunder.c
+++ b/src/algo_thunder.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "timer.h"
 #include "proxy.h"
 
+#define PROBE_EVERY 5
 uint64_t compute_delta(struct timespec* prev_time, uint64_t max, uint8_t update) {
   struct timespec curr;
   int secs, nsecs;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ int schedule(struct evt_core_ctx* ctx, struct evt_core_fdinfo* fdinfo, struct bu
     }
 
     // We let some time for blacklisted links to recover
-    if (is_blacklisted (thunderc, thunderc->selected_link) && thunderc->to_increment[thunderc->selected_link] < 10) continue;
+    if (is_blacklisted (thunderc, thunderc->selected_link) && thunderc->to_increment[thunderc->selected_link] < PROBE_EVERY) continue;
 
     //printf("URL %s has been retained\n", url);