diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsStore.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsStore.java
index e2d5f264..1319cd5f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsStore.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsStore.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class SettingsStore extends SettingsUI {
 	public final static int RESIZE_THROTTLING_TIME = 60; // ms
 	public final static byte SLOW_QUERY_TIME = 50; // ms
 	public final static int SLOW_QUERY_TIMEOUT = 3000; // ms
-	public final static float SOFT_KEY_AMOUNT_OF_KEY_WIDTH_FOR_SWIPE = 0.75f; // amount of key width
+	public final static float SOFT_KEY_AMOUNT_OF_KEY_SIZE_FOR_SWIPE = 0.5f; // 1 = full key size
 	public final static int SOFT_KEY_DOUBLE_CLICK_DELAY = 500; // ms
 	public final static int SOFT_KEY_REPEAT_DELAY = 40; // ms
 	public final static int SOFT_KEY_TITLE_MAX_CHARS = 5;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ui/main/keys/SwipeableKey.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ui/main/keys/SwipeableKey.java
index 8236cdcf..a69ee6fc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ui/main/keys/SwipeableKey.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ui/main/keys/SwipeableKey.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ abstract public class SwipeableKey extends SoftKey {
 
 
 	protected float getHoldDurationThreshold() { return SettingsStore.SOFT_KEY_REPEAT_DELAY * 9; }
-	protected float getSwipeYThreshold() { return getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.numpad_key_height) / 10.0f; }
+	protected float getSwipeYThreshold() { return getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.numpad_key_height) * SettingsStore.SOFT_KEY_AMOUNT_OF_KEY_SIZE_FOR_SWIPE; }
 
 
 	/**
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ abstract public class SwipeableKey extends SoftKey {
 			float functionKeyScale = outValue.getFloat();
 
 			float keyWidth = tt9.getWidth() / 5f * functionKeyScale;
-			return keyWidth * SettingsStore.SOFT_KEY_AMOUNT_OF_KEY_WIDTH_FOR_SWIPE;
+			return keyWidth * SettingsStore.SOFT_KEY_AMOUNT_OF_KEY_SIZE_FOR_SWIPE;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			Logger.e(LOG_TAG, "Error calculating the swipe X threshold. Using default to prevent crashing. " + e);
 			return getSwipeYThreshold();