diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index efc35a3..ea020c7 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
 
 (setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
 
-(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda ()
-                                (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 16 1024 1024))))
+(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (setq gc-cons-threshold minimal-emacs-gc-cons-threshold)))
 
 ;;; Performance