diff --git a/src/xenia/base/threading_timer_queue.cc b/src/xenia/base/threading_timer_queue.cc
index 8e19b50dd..7d6e612cf 100644
--- a/src/xenia/base/threading_timer_queue.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/base/threading_timer_queue.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ using WaitItem = TimerQueueWaitItem;
 	edit: actually had to change it back, when i was testing it only worked because i fixed disruptorplus' code to compile (it gives wrong args to condition_variable::wait_until) but now builds
 
 */
-using WaitStrat = dp::blocking_wait_strategy;
+using WaitStrat = dp::spin_wait_strategy; //dp::blocking_wait_strategy;
 
 class TimerQueue {
  public: