diff --git a/modules/etc/image_etc.cpp b/modules/etc/image_etc.cpp
index 7be27d606c1..1f65605e1dd 100644
--- a/modules/etc/image_etc.cpp
+++ b/modules/etc/image_etc.cpp
@@ -199,14 +199,15 @@ static void _compress_etc(Image *p_img, float p_lossy_quality, bool force_etc1_f
 	// prepare parameters to be passed to etc2comp
 	int num_cpus = OS::get_singleton()->get_processor_count();
 	int encoding_time = 0;
+
 	float effort = 0.0; //default, reasonable time
 
-	if (p_lossy_quality > 0.75)
-		effort = 0.4;
+	if (p_lossy_quality > 0.95)
+		effort = 80;
 	else if (p_lossy_quality > 0.85)
-		effort = 0.6;
-	else if (p_lossy_quality > 0.95)
-		effort = 0.8;
+		effort = 60;
+	else if (p_lossy_quality > 0.75)
+		effort = 40;
 
 	Etc::ErrorMetric error_metric = Etc::ErrorMetric::RGBX; // NOTE: we can experiment with other error metrics
 	Etc::Image::Format etc2comp_etc_format = _image_format_to_etc2comp_format(etc_format);