diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp
index 4221422ee..655428bc0 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void LimeSDROutputThread::run()
     if (LMS_StartStream(m_stream) < 0) {
         qCritical("LimeSDROutputThread::run: could not start stream");
     } else {
-        usleep(500000);
+        usleep(100000);
         qDebug("LimeSDROutputThread::run: stream started");
     }
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void LimeSDROutputThread::run()
     if (LMS_StopStream(m_stream) < 0) {
         qCritical("LimeSDROutputThread::run: could not stop stream");
     } else {
-        usleep(500000);
+        usleep(100000);
         qDebug("LimeSDROutputThread::run: stream stopped");
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/limesdrinput/limesdrinputthread.cpp b/plugins/samplesource/limesdrinput/limesdrinputthread.cpp
index b2481095c..985c865e4 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/limesdrinput/limesdrinputthread.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/limesdrinput/limesdrinputthread.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void LimeSDRInputThread::run()
     if (LMS_StartStream(m_stream) < 0) {
         qCritical("LimeSDRInputThread::run: could not start stream");
     } else {
-        usleep(500000);
+        usleep(100000);
         qDebug("LimeSDRInputThread::run: stream started");
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void LimeSDRInputThread::run()
     if (LMS_StopStream(m_stream) < 0) {
         qCritical("LimeSDRInputThread::run: could not stop stream");
     } else {
-        usleep(500000);
+        usleep(100000);
         qDebug("LimeSDRInputThread::run: stream stopped");
     }