diff --git a/DroidFish/src/org/petero/droidfish/engine/ExternalEngine.java b/DroidFish/src/org/petero/droidfish/engine/ExternalEngine.java
index 6889624..5e82137 100644
--- a/DroidFish/src/org/petero/droidfish/engine/ExternalEngine.java
+++ b/DroidFish/src/org/petero/droidfish/engine/ExternalEngine.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class ExternalEngine extends UCIEngineBase {
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
                     try {
-                        Thread.sleep(5000);
+                        Thread.sleep(10000);
                     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                         return;
                     }