diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 5e24123..f89e4bc 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ fn infuse_argv_config(mut config: Config) -> Config {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub animation: bool,
+    pub animation_refresh_frequency: usize,
     pub show_hidden: bool,
     pub select_cmd: String,
     pub cd_cmd: String,
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn default() -> Config {
         Config {
             animation: true,
+            animation_refresh_frequency: 60,
             show_hidden: false,
             select_cmd: "find -type f | fzf -m".to_string(),
             cd_cmd: "find -type d | fzf".to_string(),
@@ -116,6 +118,12 @@ impl Config {
             match Config::prep_line(line) {
                 Ok(("animation", "on")) => { config.animation = true; },
                 Ok(("animation", "off")) => { config.animation = false; },
+                Ok(("animation_refresh_frequency", frequency)) => {
+                    match frequency.parse::<usize>() {
+                        Ok(parsed_freq) => config.animation_refresh_frequency = parsed_freq,
+                        _ => HError::config_error::<Config>(line.to_string()).log()
+                    }
+                }
                 Ok(("show_hidden", "on")) => { config.show_hidden = true; },
                 Ok(("show_hidden", "off")) => { config.show_hidden = false; },
                 Ok(("icons", "on")) => config.icons = true,
diff --git a/src/widget.rs b/src/widget.rs
index 8e2019d..8002df4 100644
--- a/src/widget.rs
+++ b/src/widget.rs
@@ -406,7 +406,12 @@ pub trait Widget {
         let xsize = coords.xsize();
         let ysize = coords.ysize();
         let clear = self.get_core()?.get_clearlist()?;
-        let pause = std::time::Duration::from_millis(5);
+
+        let animation_hz = self.get_core()?.config().animation_refresh_frequency as u64;
+        let pause_millis = 1000/animation_hz;
+        const ANIMATION_DURATION_MILLIS: u64 = 64;
+        let number_of_frames= (ANIMATION_DURATION_MILLIS/pause_millis) as u16;
+        let pause = std::time::Duration::from_millis(pause_millis);
 
         if let Some(ref animator) = animator {
             if animator.is_stale()? {
@@ -416,7 +421,7 @@ pub trait Widget {
 
         self.get_core()?.write_to_screen(&clear).log();
 
-        for i in (0..10).rev() {
+        for i in (0..number_of_frames).rev() {
             if let Some(ref animator) = animator {
                 if animator.is_stale()? {
                     self.set_coordinates(&coords).log();