diff --git a/app/prj.conf b/app/prj.conf
index 260488e7852b..5c22e19d6e0e 100644
--- a/app/prj.conf
+++ b/app/prj.conf
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ CONFIG_LOG=y
 CONFIG_LOG_PRINTK=y
 # Log processing is offloaded to a low-priority thread.
 CONFIG_LOG_MODE_DEFERRED=y
-# Wake the low-priority log thread every 100ms and/or
-# if more than 5 messages are queued by the frontend.
-CONFIG_LOG_PROCESS_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD=5
-CONFIG_LOG_PROCESS_THREAD_SLEEP_MS=100
+# Wake the low-priority log thread every time new log
+# messages are available
+CONFIG_LOG_PROCESS_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD=1
 # Frontend buffer must be large enough to cover all
 # typical bursts of log messages.
 CONFIG_LOG_BUFFER_SIZE=4096