diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9a2e7c0..5fd22a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ AC_INIT([Harriman-Peikoff Project], [0.00.000],
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([hcore/mind.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autotools-aux])
 
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror])
+
 # Set the mind's quantized virtual oscillator period in milliseconds.
-# Default value is 40 ms, user override via MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS.
+# Default value is 33 ms, user override via MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS.
 # Check if MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS is a valid positive integer
 AC_ARG_VAR([MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS], m4_normalize([
-    Mind's virtual osc clock rate. Must be a positive integer, default value 40
+    Mind's virtual osc clock rate. Must be a positive integer, default value 33
 ]))
-AS_IF([test -z "${MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS}"], [MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS=40])
+AS_IF([test -z "${MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS}"], [MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS=33])
 AS_IF([! test "${MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS}" -eq "${MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS}" 2>/dev/null ||
     test "${MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS}" -le 0 2>/dev/null], [
     AC_MSG_ERROR([MIND_VOSCILLATOR_PERIOD_MS must be a positive integer > 0.])
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CONFIG_MIND_VOSCILLATOR_FREQ_MS],
     [${MIND_VOSCILLATOR_FREQ_MS}],
     [Frequency of the mind virtual oscillator in milliseconds])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX