diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
index c5b884215..b68376550 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ int qDrawPlot::MeasurementFinished(int currentMeasurementIndex, int fileIndex){
 #endif
 	//to make sure it plots the last frame before setting lastimagearray all to 0
 	//if(plot_in_scope==2)
-		usleep(500000);
+		usleep(5*1000*1000);
 
 	currentMeasurement = currentMeasurementIndex+1;
 	currentFileIndex = fileIndex;