diff --git a/src/px4_connection/src/px4_controller.cpp b/src/px4_connection/src/px4_controller.cpp
index 652f95c6..1c1d3af8 100644
--- a/src/px4_connection/src/px4_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/px4_connection/src/px4_controller.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ private:
         {
             msg.velocity[0] = 0;
             msg.velocity[1] = 0;
-            msg.velocity[2] = D_SPEED(1);
+            msg.velocity[2] = D_SPEED(10);
             msg.yawspeed = 0;
 
         } else {