diff --git a/gfxconf.example.h b/gfxconf.example.h
index 0da23912..44945780 100644
--- a/gfxconf.example.h
+++ b/gfxconf.example.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 	#define GEVENT_MAXIMUM_SIZE				32
 	#define GEVENT_MAX_SOURCE_LISTENERS		32
 	#define GTIMER_THREAD_PRIORITY			HIGH_PRIORITY
-	#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		512
+	#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		1024
 	#define GADC_MAX_LOWSPEED_DEVICES		4
 	#define GWIN_BUTTON_LAZY_RELEASE		FALSE
 	#define GWIN_CONSOLE_USE_BASESTREAM		FALSE
diff --git a/include/gtimer/options.h b/include/gtimer/options.h
index 17358abe..8058ef1e 100644
--- a/include/gtimer/options.h
+++ b/include/gtimer/options.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	 * @details	Defaults to 512 bytes
 	 */
 	#ifndef GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE
-		#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		512
+		#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		1024
 	#endif
 /** @} */