diff --git a/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php b/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php
index 163b12b..d33411e 100644
--- a/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php
+++ b/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class XMPPHP_XMLStream {
 	 * integer -> process for this amount of time 
 	 */
 	
-	private function __process($maximum=0) {
+	private function __process($maximum=5) {
 		
 		$remaining = $maximum;