diff --git a/piker/cli.py b/piker/cli.py
index e282f669..8e4db81e 100644
--- a/piker/cli.py
+++ b/piker/cli.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ async def maybe_spawn_brokerd_as_subactor(sleep=0.5, tries=10, loglevel=None):
               help='Broker backend to use')
 @click.option('--loglevel', '-l', default='warning', help='Logging level')
 @click.option('--tl', is_flag=True, help='Enable tractor logging')
-@click.option('--rate', '-r', default=4, help='Quote rate limit')
+@click.option('--rate', '-r', default=3, help='Quote rate limit')
 @click.option('--test', '-t', help='Test quote stream file')
 @click.option('--dhost', '-dh', default='127.0.0.1',
               help='Daemon host address to connect to')
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def optsquote(loglevel, broker, symbol, df_output, date):
 @click.option('--tl', is_flag=True, help='Enable tractor logging')
 @click.option('--date', '-d', help='Contracts expiry date')
 @click.option('--test', '-t', help='Test quote stream file')
-@click.option('--rate', '-r', default=4, help='Logging level')
+@click.option('--rate', '-r', default=1, help='Logging level')
 @click.argument('symbol', required=True)
 def optschain(loglevel, broker, symbol, date, tl, rate, test):
     """Start the real-time option chain UI.
@@ -387,7 +387,9 @@ def optschain(loglevel, broker, symbol, date, tl, rate, test):
             # run app "main"
             await _async_main(
                 symbol, portal,
-                brokermod, rate=rate, test=test,
+                brokermod,
+                rate=rate,
+                test=test,
             )
 
     tractor.run(