diff --git a/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp b/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp
index 078821ad9..d2d3acf0e 100644
--- a/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp
+++ b/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ int AutoTypePlatformX11::AddKeysym(KeySym keysym)
        all clients */
     timespec ts;
     ts.tv_sec = 0;
-    ts.tv_nsec = 10 * 1000 * 1000;
+    ts.tv_nsec = 30 * 1000 * 1000;
     nanosleep(&ts, Q_NULLPTR);
 
     return m_remapKeycode;