diff --git a/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua b/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua
index ae265ba85..f15133987 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ local GestureDetector = {
 	-- all the time parameters are in us
 	DOUBLE_TAP_INTERVAL = 300 * 1000,
 	TWO_FINGER_TAP_DURATION = 300 * 1000,
-	HOLD_INTERVAL = 1000 * 1000,
+	HOLD_INTERVAL = 500 * 1000,
 	SWIPE_INTERVAL = 900 * 1000,
 	-- distance parameters
 	DOUBLE_TAP_DISTANCE = 50 * Screen:getDPI() / 167,
diff --git a/koreader-base b/koreader-base
index f1d49a43e..46450841e 160000
--- a/koreader-base
+++ b/koreader-base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f1d49a43e69848d186ce4e96caa11f11697ef4b0
+Subproject commit 46450841e87a4f7f8df7e657c2a9b6b22c137cd9