diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
index 61d90d25..6633a1cf 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ namespace SparkleLib.Git {
                 }
     
                 base.OnProgressChanged (100);
-                Thread.Sleep (1000);
 
                 InstallConfiguration ();
                 InstallExcludeRules ();
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
index ce278853..1c6d3cdb 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
             this.thread = new Thread (new ThreadStart (delegate {
                 if (Fetch ()) {
+                    Thread.Sleep (500);
                     SparkleHelpers.DebugInfo ("Fetcher", "Finished");
 
                     EnableHostKeyCheckingForHost (host);
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
                         Finished (Warnings);
 
                 } else {
+                    Thread.Sleep (500);
                     SparkleHelpers.DebugInfo ("Fetcher", "Failed");
 
                     EnableHostKeyCheckingForHost (host);
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleSetupController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleSetupController.cs
index 1e2be709..972dcf7d 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleSetupController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleSetupController.cs
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
             };
 
             Program.Controller.FolderFetchError += delegate (string remote_url) {
-                Thread.Sleep (1000);
                 PreviousUrl = remote_url;
 
                 if (ChangePageEvent != null)