diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/AddImageTask.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/AddImageTask.java
index 1aecf44f31..7e27a21010 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/AddImageTask.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/AddImageTask.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskException;
                         }
                         // this sleep here prevents the UI from locking up 
                         // due to too frequent updates to the progressMonitor above
-                        Thread.sleep(2 * 1000);
+                        Thread.sleep(500);
                     }
                 } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
                     // nothing to do, thread was interrupted externally