diff --git a/src/alarm-thread.cpp b/src/alarm-thread.cpp
index 9e00ec3cdbb383161f0bd641ee52e364df90535d..2d35a71c351ec005a39ce9dbb131412696717df6 100644
--- a/src/alarm-thread.cpp
+++ b/src/alarm-thread.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void alarm_thread::run(void *)
 #else
 				to_be_evaluated = 0;
 #endif
+				usleep(200000);	//TODO
 			}
 			bei_t e;
 			{