diff --git a/movement.c b/movement.c
index 8826ff01..8fe408b3 100644
--- a/movement.c
+++ b/movement.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void app_setup(void) {
             lis2dw_enable_stationary_motion_detection();    // stationary/motion detection mode keeps the data rate at 1.6 Hz even in sleep
             lis2dw_set_range(LIS2DW_RANGE_2_G);             // Application note AN5038 recommends 2g range
             lis2dw_enable_sleep();                          // allow acceleromter to sleep and wake on activity
-            lis2dw_configure_wakeup_threshold(1);           // g threshold to wake up: (2 * FS / 64) where FS is "full scale" of ±2g.
+            lis2dw_configure_wakeup_threshold(8);           // g threshold to wake up: (2 * FS / 64) where FS is "full scale" of ±2g.
             lis2dw_configure_6d_threshold(3);               // 0-3 is 80, 70, 60, or 50 degrees. 50 is least precise, hopefully most sensitive?
 
             // set up interrupts:
diff --git a/watch-faces/demo/accel_interrupt_count_face.c b/watch-faces/demo/accel_interrupt_count_face.c
index c82f67c7..53e1273c 100644
--- a/watch-faces/demo/accel_interrupt_count_face.c
+++ b/watch-faces/demo/accel_interrupt_count_face.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void accel_interrupt_count_face_setup(uint8_t watch_face_index, void ** context_
         memset(*context_ptr, 0, sizeof(accel_interrupt_count_state_t));
         accel_interrupt_count_state_t *state = (accel_interrupt_count_state_t *)*context_ptr;
         /// TODO: hook up to movement methods for tracking threshold
-        state->threshold = 1;
+        state->threshold = 8;
     }
 }