diff --git a/ui/opensnitch/dialogs/prompt.py b/ui/opensnitch/dialogs/prompt.py
index 2485a95988..47bce1e21b 100644
--- a/ui/opensnitch/dialogs/prompt.py
+++ b/ui/opensnitch/dialogs/prompt.py
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ def promptUser(self, connection, is_local, peer):
     def _timeout_worker(self):
         while self._tick > 0 and self._done.is_set() is False:
             t = threading.currentThread()
+            # stop only stops the coundtdown, not the thread itself.
             if getattr(t, "stop", True):
                 self._tick = int(self._cfg.getSettings("global/default_timeout"))
+                time.sleep(1)
                 continue
 
             self._tick -= 1