compromise value for threshold0: not too high, not too low
diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index 28263c0..06f51ed 100644
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
/* collection frequencies, XXX tune these */
static int enabled = 1; /* automatic collection enabled? */
-static int threshold0 = 5000; /* net new containers before collection */
+static int threshold0 = 700; /* net new containers before collection */
static int threshold1 = 10; /* generation0 collections before collecting 1 */
static int threshold2 = 10; /* generation1 collections before collecting 2 */