diff --git a/src/platform/linux.rs b/src/platform/linux.rs
index ab8d53732..c09d26008 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ mod desktop {
         fn get_display(&mut self) {
             let display_envs = vec![GNOME_SESSION_BINARY, XFCE4_PANEL, SDDM_GREETER, PLASMA_X11];
             for diplay_env in display_envs {
-                self.display = get_env_tries("DISPLAY", &self.uid, diplay_env, 20);
+                self.display = get_env_tries("DISPLAY", &self.uid, diplay_env, 10);
                 if !self.display.is_empty() {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ mod desktop {
             // try by direct access to window manager process by name
             let display_envs = vec![GNOME_SESSION_BINARY, XFCE4_PANEL, SDDM_GREETER, PLASMA_X11];
             for diplay_env in display_envs {
-                self.xauth = get_env_tries("XAUTHORITY", &self.uid, diplay_env, 20);
+                self.xauth = get_env_tries("XAUTHORITY", &self.uid, diplay_env, 10);
                 if !self.xauth.is_empty() {
                     break;
                 }