diff --git a/Quake/host.c b/Quake/host.c
index aee0d8c0c..4fdfa7dfd 100644
--- a/Quake/host.c
+++ b/Quake/host.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ byte		*host_colormap;
 float	host_netinterval;
 cvar_t	host_framerate = {"host_framerate","0",CVAR_NONE};	// set for slow motion
 cvar_t	host_speeds = {"host_speeds","0",CVAR_NONE};			// set for running times
-cvar_t	host_maxfps = {"host_maxfps", "72", CVAR_ARCHIVE}; //johnfitz
+cvar_t	host_maxfps = {"host_maxfps", "200", CVAR_ARCHIVE}; //johnfitz
 cvar_t	host_timescale = {"host_timescale", "0", CVAR_NONE}; //johnfitz
 cvar_t	max_edicts = {"max_edicts", "8192", CVAR_NONE}; //johnfitz //ericw -- changed from 2048 to 8192, removed CVAR_ARCHIVE