diff --git a/src/agent/pool.ts b/src/agent/pool.ts
index 89e1c3e9..a8048a1e 100644
--- a/src/agent/pool.ts
+++ b/src/agent/pool.ts
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ const subscribe = async (relays, filters, {onEvent, onEose}: Record<string, (e:
   }
 }
 
-const request = (relays, filters, {threshold = 2} = {}): Promise<Record<string, unknown>[]> => {
+const request = (relays, filters, {threshold = 0.5} = {}): Promise<Record<string, unknown>[]> => {
   return new Promise(async resolve => {
     relays = uniqBy(prop('url'), relays.filter(r => isRelay(r.url)))
-    threshold = Math.min(relays.length, threshold)
+    threshold = relays.length * threshold
 
     const now = Date.now()
     const relaysWithEvents = new Set()
diff --git a/src/app/alerts.js b/src/app/alerts.js
index 9c1d32d7..ac1b255d 100644
--- a/src/app/alerts.js
+++ b/src/app/alerts.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const load = async (relays, pubkey) => {
   const events = await _load(
     relays,
     {kinds: [1, 7], '#p': [pubkey], since, limit: 1000},
-    {threshold: 10}
+    {threshold: 0.9}
   )
 
   onChunk(relays, pubkey, events)
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ const listen = async (relays, pubkey) => {
     {kinds: [1, 7], '#p': [pubkey], since: now()},
     batch(300, events => {
       onChunk(relays, pubkey, events)
-    }),
-    {threshold: 2}
+    })
   )
 }