diff --git a/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm b/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm
index 588ab5005ce..24c115bc5ce 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	var/list/motionTargets = list()
 	var/detectTime = 0
 	var/area/ai_monitored/area_motion = null
-	var/alarm_delay = 100 // Don't forget, there's another 10 seconds in queueAlarm()
+	var/alarm_delay = 30 // Don't forget, there's another 3 seconds in queueAlarm()
 
 
 /obj/machinery/camera/process()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm
index 422fe6693dd..19b8d8b45dc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		alarm_types_clear[type] += 1
 
 	if(!in_cooldown)
-		spawn(10 * 10) // 10 seconds
+		spawn(3 * 10) // 10 seconds
 
 			if(alarms_to_show.len < 5)
 				for(var/msg in alarms_to_show)