diff --git a/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js b/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js
index 8310cdfa..aeead8cd 100644
--- a/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js
+++ b/lib/ace/virtual_renderer.js
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ var VirtualRenderer = function(container, theme) {
 
     //@todo I would like to make this animation a setting. How?
 
-    var STEPS = 10;
+    var STEPS = 15;
     function calcSteps(fromValue, toValue){
         var i     = 0,
             l     = STEPS - 1,