diff --git a/contrib/templates/default/post_fail.mustache b/contrib/templates/default/post_fail.mustache
index 28faae5..ff39a03 100644
--- a/contrib/templates/default/post_fail.mustache
+++ b/contrib/templates/default/post_fail.mustache
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{prefix}}static/site.css" />
   <link id="current_theme" rel="stylesheet" href="{{prefix}}static/user.css" />
   <script type="text/javascript" src="{{prefix}}static/nntpchan.js"></script>
-  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; {{redirect_url}}" />
+  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; {{redirect_url}}" />
   <body>
     <pre>{{#i18n.Translations}}{{post_failed_label}}{{/i18n.Translations}}: {{reason}}</pre>
   </body>
