diff --git a/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp b/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp
index f0fdfee5a..76a21842f 100755
--- a/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp
+++ b/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp
@@ -278,14 +278,10 @@ void App::InitCurses() {
     curs_set(0);
     mousemask(ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS, nullptr);
     mouseinterval(0);
+    timeout(IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
 #ifndef WIN32
     set_escdelay(20);
-    timeout(IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-    nodelay(stdscr, true);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -531,9 +527,6 @@ void App::Run(ILayoutPtr layout) {
             WINDOW *c = this->state.focused->GetContent();
             keypad(c, TRUE);
             wtimeout(c, IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS);
-            #ifdef WIN32
-                nodelay(c, true);
-            #endif
             ch = wgetch(c);
         }
         else {
diff --git a/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/Window.h b/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/Window.h
index 465cf830f..0e3cc8b05 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/Window.h
+++ b/src/musikcube/cursespp/cursespp/Window.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <musikcore/runtime/IMessageQueue.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-#define IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS 0
+#define IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS 5
 #define REDRAW_DEBOUNCE_MS 100
 #else
 #define IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS 75