diff --git a/app/config/wallabag.yml b/app/config/wallabag.yml
index ea1cce12b..f1ef0924a 100644
--- a/app/config/wallabag.yml
+++ b/app/config/wallabag.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ wallabag_core:
     theme: material
     language: '%locale%'
     rss_limit: 50
-    reading_speed: 1
+    reading_speed: 200
     cache_lifetime: 10
     action_mark_as_read: 1
     list_mode: 0
diff --git a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index a9791f6be..7ae73371c 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                     ->defaultValue(50)
                 ->end()
                 ->integerNode('reading_speed')
-                    ->defaultValue(1)
+                    ->defaultValue(200)
                 ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('version')
                 ->end()
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php
index 46c90075c..fa93c9c21 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ class ConfigControllerTest extends WallabagCoreTestCase
 
         $config->setTheme('material');
         $config->setItemsPerPage(30);
-        $config->setReadingSpeed(1);
+        $config->setReadingSpeed(200);
         $config->setLanguage('en');
         $config->setPocketConsumerKey('xxxxx');
 
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/RedirectTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/RedirectTest.php
index 29e12cbe5..021efa46b 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/RedirectTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Helper/RedirectTest.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class RedirectTest extends TestCase
         $config = new Config($user);
         $config->setTheme('material');
         $config->setItemsPerPage(30);
-        $config->setReadingSpeed(1);
+        $config->setReadingSpeed(200);
         $config->setLanguage('en');
         $config->setPocketConsumerKey('xxxxx');
         $config->setActionMarkAsRead(Config::REDIRECT_TO_CURRENT_PAGE);
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php
index d976c4ac6..8a8ec3cf6 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class CreateConfigListenerTest extends TestCase
         $config->setItemsPerPage(20);
         $config->setFeedLimit(50);
         $config->setLanguage('fr');
-        $config->setReadingSpeed(1);
+        $config->setReadingSpeed(200);
 
         $this->em->expects($this->once())
             ->method('persist')