diff --git a/src/pc/network/network_player.h b/src/pc/network/network_player.h
index 6eafa4b6..5539725d 100644
--- a/src/pc/network/network_player.h
+++ b/src/pc/network/network_player.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define UNKNOWN_GLOBAL_INDEX ((u8)-1)
 #define UNKNOWN_NETWORK_INDEX ((u64)-1)
 #define NETWORK_PLAYER_TIMEOUT 10
-#define NETWORK_PLAYER_PING_TIMEOUT 3
+#define NETWORK_PLAYER_PING_TIMEOUT 1
 #define MAX_RX_SEQ_IDS 64
 #define USE_REAL_PALETTE_VAR 0xFF
 
diff --git a/src/pc/network/packets/packet_ping.c b/src/pc/network/packets/packet_ping.c
index 87f8d2b6..2670648e 100644
--- a/src/pc/network/packets/packet_ping.c
+++ b/src/pc/network/packets/packet_ping.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ void network_send_ping(struct NetworkPlayer* toNp) {
 
     toNp->lastPingSent = clock_elapsed();
 
-    packet_init(&p, PACKET_PING, true, PLMT_NONE);
+    packet_init(&p, PACKET_PING, false, PLMT_NONE);
     packet_write(&p, &toNp->globalIndex, sizeof(u8));
     packet_write(&p, &timestamp,        sizeof(f64));
     network_send_to(toNp->localIndex, &p);
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void network_receive_ping(struct Packet* p) {
     packet_read(p, &timestamp,   sizeof(f64));
 
     struct Packet p2 = { 0 };
-    packet_init(&p2, PACKET_PONG, true, PLMT_NONE);
+    packet_init(&p2, PACKET_PONG, false, PLMT_NONE);
     packet_write(&p2, &globalIndex, sizeof(u8));
     packet_write(&p2, &timestamp,   sizeof(f64));
     network_send_to(p->localIndex, &p2);