diff --git a/backends/evdev.c b/backends/evdev.c
index 8f7c4f9..5c1e357 100644
--- a/backends/evdev.c
+++ b/backends/evdev.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int evdev_set(instance* inst, size_t num, channel** c, channel_value* v)
 			case EV_KEY:
 			case EV_SW:
 			default:
-				value = (v[evt].normalised > 0.9) ? 1 : 0;
+				value = (v[evt].normalised > 0.5) ? 1 : 0;
 				break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/backends/evdev.md b/backends/evdev.md
index e7ba3cc..5130fef 100644
--- a/backends/evdev.md
+++ b/backends/evdev.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Input devices may synchronize logically connected event types (for example, X an
 events. The MIDIMonster also generates these events after processing channel events, but may not keep the original
 event grouping.
 
-`EV_KEY` key-down events are sent for normalized channel values over `0.9`.
+`EV_KEY` key-down events are sent for normalized channel values over `0.5`.
 
 Extended event type values such as `EV_LED`, `EV_SND`, etc are recognized in the MIDIMonster configuration file
 but may or may not work with the internal channel mapping and normalization code.