diff --git a/render_povray/render.py b/render_povray/render.py
index 48b0bd7189f1818f4e900ab4a6ece469e9c0e7b5..5feb636f3f565194378800598491906ec10345f7 100644
--- a/render_povray/render.py
+++ b/render_povray/render.py
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ def write_pov_ini(filename_ini, filename_pov, filename_image):
 class PovrayRender(bpy.types.RenderEngine):
     bl_idname = 'POVRAY_RENDER'
     bl_label = 'POV-Ray 3.7'
-    DELAY = 0.2
+    DELAY = 1.5
     
     def _export(self, scene):
         import tempfile