diff --git a/jedi/api.py b/jedi/api.py
index a765fbc6..eea604d4 100644
--- a/jedi/api.py
+++ b/jedi/api.py
@@ -349,7 +349,9 @@ class Script(object):
             if call is None:
                 return None
 
-        origins = evaluate.follow_call(call)
+        with helpers.scale_speed_settings(settings.scale_get_in_function_call):
+            origins = evaluate.follow_call(call)
+            print settings.max_executions, helpers.ExecutionRecursionDecorator.execution_count
 
         if len(origins) == 0:
             return None
diff --git a/jedi/helpers.py b/jedi/helpers.py
index 6170f79e..ce09652d 100644
--- a/jedi/helpers.py
+++ b/jedi/helpers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import copy
 import weakref
+import contextlib
 
 import parsing
 import evaluate
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ class ExecutionRecursionDecorator(object):
         cls.execution_funcs.add(execution.base)
         cls.parent_execution_funcs.append(execution.base)
 
+        if cls.execution_count > settings.max_executions:
+            return True
+
         if isinstance(execution.base, (evaluate.Generator, evaluate.Array)):
             return False
         module = execution.get_parent_until()
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ class ExecutionRecursionDecorator(object):
         if in_execution_funcs and \
                 len(cls.execution_funcs) > settings.max_until_execution_unique:
             return True
-        if cls.execution_count > settings.max_executions:
+        if cls.execution_count > settings.max_executions_without_builtins:
             return True
         return False
 
@@ -249,3 +253,14 @@ def scan_array_for_pos(arr, pos):
     # The third return is just necessary for recursion inside, because
     # it needs to know when to stop iterating.
     return call, check_arr_index(), stop
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def scale_speed_settings(factor):
+    a = settings.max_executions
+    b = settings.max_until_execution_unique
+    settings.max_executions *= factor
+    settings.max_until_execution_unique *= factor
+    yield
+    settings.max_executions = a
+    settings.max_until_execution_unique = b
diff --git a/jedi/settings.py b/jedi/settings.py
index c164a675..6a223d09 100644
--- a/jedi/settings.py
+++ b/jedi/settings.py
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ additional_dynamic_modules = []
 
 max_function_recursion_level = 5
 max_until_execution_unique = 50
-max_executions = 1000
+max_executions_without_builtins = 200
+max_executions = 250
+
+# Because get_in_function_call is normally used on every single key hit, it has
+# to be faster than a normal completion. This is the factor that is used to
+# scale `max_executions` and `max_until_execution_unique`:
+scale_get_in_function_call = 0.1
 
 # ----------------
 # various