diff --git a/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go b/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go
index 735b759..e6a961e 100644
--- a/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go
+++ b/internal/slideshow/slideshow.go
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func Start() {
 			scaleTime = time.Since(scaleTimestamp)
 		}
 		if sleepTime > 0 {
-			time.Sleep(sleepTime)
 			loggo.Debug("sleeping for '" + strconv.FormatInt(sleepTime.Milliseconds(), 10) + "' ms")
+			time.Sleep(sleepTime)
 		}
 		if scaleImages {
 			error := setBackgroundPiped(data)