diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index 7bd6777d4..bc5bbe1f7 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ CBlockTemplate* CreateNewBlock(const CScript& scriptPubKeyIn,int32_t gpucount)
         {
             uint64_t txfees,utxovalue; uint32_t txtime; uint256 utxotxid,revtxid; int32_t i,siglen,numsigs,utxovout; uint8_t utxosig[128],*ptr;
             CMutableTransaction txStaked = CreateNewContextualCMutableTransaction(Params().GetConsensus(), chainActive.Height() + 1);
+            sleep(1);
             if ( (siglen= komodo_staked(txStaked,pblock->nBits,&blocktime,&txtime,&utxotxid,&utxovout,&utxovalue,utxosig)) > 0 )
             {
                 CAmount txfees = 0;