diff --git a/config/config b/config/config
index 7dba8562..022e9f7d 100644
--- a/config/config
+++ b/config/config
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ shell_version="on"
 #          'scaling_max'
 # Flag:    --speed_type
 # Supports: Linux with 'cpufreq'
-speed_type="max"
+speed_type="current"
 
 # Shorten the output of the CPU function
 #