diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/config.py b/qutebrowser/config/config.py
index b3471b2fb..55502c5da 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/config.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class ConfigManager(QObject):
         ('tabs', 'position'): _transform_position,
         ('ui', 'downloads-position'): _transform_position,
         ('ui', 'remove-finished-downloads'):
-            _get_value_transformer({'false': '-1', 'true': '2000'})
+            _get_value_transformer({'false': '-1', 'true': '1000'})
     }
 
     changed = pyqtSignal(str, str)