diff --git a/lib/services/globals.dart b/lib/services/globals.dart
index 5dfb2356..9a3901e2 100644
--- a/lib/services/globals.dart
+++ b/lib/services/globals.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class Globals {
   static bool snapToGrid = true;
   static bool showGrid = false;
 
-  static const double defaultPeriod = 0.033;
+  static const double defaultPeriod = 0.1;
+  static const double defaultGraphPeriod = 0.033;
 }
 
 class PrefKeys {
diff --git a/lib/services/shuffleboard_nt_listener.dart b/lib/services/shuffleboard_nt_listener.dart
index 1e24e908..6e1199a6 100644
--- a/lib/services/shuffleboard_nt_listener.dart
+++ b/lib/services/shuffleboard_nt_listener.dart
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ class ShuffleboardNTListener {
     await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 2, milliseconds: 750), () {
       currentJsonData.putIfAbsent(jsonKey, () => {});
 
+      String type = (!isCameraStream) ? widget!.type : 'Camera Stream';
+
       currentJsonData[jsonKey]!.putIfAbsent('title', () => componentName);
       currentJsonData[jsonKey]!.putIfAbsent('x', () => 0.0);
       currentJsonData[jsonKey]!.putIfAbsent('y', () => 0.0);
@@ -353,14 +355,16 @@ class ShuffleboardNTListener {
               ? widgetContainer!.height
               : Globals.gridSize * 2);
       currentJsonData[jsonKey]!.putIfAbsent('tab', () => tabName);
-      currentJsonData[jsonKey]!.putIfAbsent(
-          'type', () => (!isCameraStream) ? widget!.type : 'Camera Stream');
+      currentJsonData[jsonKey]!.putIfAbsent('type', () => type);
       currentJsonData[jsonKey]!
           .putIfAbsent('properties', () => <String, dynamic>{});
       currentJsonData[jsonKey]!['properties']
           .putIfAbsent('topic', () => widgetRow.topic);
-      currentJsonData[jsonKey]!['properties']
-          .putIfAbsent('period', () => Globals.defaultPeriod);
+      currentJsonData[jsonKey]!['properties'].putIfAbsent(
+          'period',
+          () => (type != 'Graph')
+              ? Globals.defaultPeriod
+              : Globals.defaultGraphPeriod);
 
       onWidgetAdded?.call(currentJsonData[jsonKey]!);
 
@@ -435,8 +439,9 @@ class ShuffleboardNTListener {
           child['properties']['topic'] = '/CameraPublisher/$cameraName';
         }
 
-        child.putIfAbsent(
-            'type', () => (!isCameraStream) ? widget!.type : 'Camera Stream');
+        String type = (!isCameraStream) ? widget!.type : 'Camera Stream';
+
+        child.putIfAbsent('type', () => type);
         child.putIfAbsent('x', () => 0.0);
         child.putIfAbsent('y', () => 0.0);
         child.putIfAbsent(
@@ -451,7 +456,11 @@ class ShuffleboardNTListener {
                 : Globals.gridSize * 2);
 
         child['properties']!.putIfAbsent('topic', () => childRow.topic);
-        child['properties']!.putIfAbsent('period', () => Globals.defaultPeriod);
+        child['properties']!.putIfAbsent(
+            'period',
+            () => (type != 'Graph')
+                ? Globals.defaultPeriod
+                : Globals.defaultGraphPeriod);
 
         widget?.unSubscribe();
         widget?.dispose(deleting: true);
diff --git a/lib/widgets/nt4_widgets/single_topic/graph.dart b/lib/widgets/nt4_widgets/single_topic/graph.dart
index 4deb7213..93d062c8 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/nt4_widgets/single_topic/graph.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/nt4_widgets/single_topic/graph.dart
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class GraphWidget extends StatelessWidget with NT4Widget {
   GraphWidget({
     super.key,
     required topic,
-    period = Globals.defaultPeriod,
+    period = Globals.defaultGraphPeriod,
     this.timeDisplayed = 5.0,
     this.minValue,
     this.maxValue,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class GraphWidget extends StatelessWidget with NT4Widget {
 
   GraphWidget.fromJson({super.key, required Map<String, dynamic> jsonData}) {
     topic = tryCast(jsonData['topic']) ?? '';
-    period = tryCast(jsonData['period']) ?? Globals.defaultPeriod;
+    period = tryCast(jsonData['period']) ?? Globals.defaultGraphPeriod;
     timeDisplayed = tryCast(jsonData['time_displayed']) ??
         tryCast(jsonData['visibleTime']) ??
         5.0;