diff --git a/states/tmux/defaults.yaml b/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
index af7f45f..1febfa0 100644
--- a/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ tmux:
       - "history-limit": "1000000"
       - "status-right": "\"%H:%M:%S %d-%b-%y\""
       - "status-interval": "5"
+      - "escape-time": "10"