diff --git a/smac/facade/abstract_facade.py b/smac/facade/abstract_facade.py
index e121a520c..511d254c0 100644
--- a/smac/facade/abstract_facade.py
+++ b/smac/facade/abstract_facade.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def get_multi_objective_algorithm(scenario: Scenario) -> AbstractMultiObjectiveA
     def get_config_selector(
         scenario: Scenario,
         *,
-        retrain_after: int = 8,
+        retrain_after: int = 1,
         retries: int = 16,
     ) -> ConfigSelector:
         """Returns the default configuration selector."""