diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index a153549..bbe5282 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { VisibilityToggleCommand } from './commands/toggleVisibility';
 import { VisibilityToggleSetting } from './settings/hiddenToggle';
+import { SetDelaySetting } from './settings/setDelay';
 import { App, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, TFolder } from 'obsidian';
 import { ManageHiddenPaths } from './settings/manageHiddenPaths';
 import { changePathVisibility } from './utils';
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import { changePathVisibility } from './utils';
 interface FileHiderSettings {
 	hidden: boolean;
 	hiddenList: string[];
+	delay: number;
 };
 
 
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ export default class FileHider extends Plugin {
 	settings: FileHiderSettings = {
 		hidden: true,
 		hiddenList: [],
+		delay: 500, //set the default delay to 500
 	};
 
 	style: CSSStyleSheet|null = null;
@@ -65,12 +68,12 @@ export default class FileHider extends Plugin {
 
 		this.app.workspace.onLayoutReady(() => 
 		{
-			// Timeout is used to delay until the file explorer is loaded. Delay of 0 works, but I set it to 200 just to be safe.
+			// Use the delay setting from the plugin's settings. Default is 500.
 			setTimeout(() => {
 				for (const path of this.settings.hiddenList) {
 					changePathVisibility(path, this.settings.hidden);
 				};
-			}, 200);
+			}, this.settings.delay);
 		});
 
 		new VisibilityToggleCommand(this);
@@ -126,5 +129,6 @@ class FileHiderSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 		container.empty();
 		VisibilityToggleSetting.create(this.plugin, container);
 		ManageHiddenPaths.create(this.plugin, container);
+		SetDelaySetting.create(this.plugin, container);
 	};
 };
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diff --git a/src/settings/setDelay.ts b/src/settings/setDelay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9a2fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/setDelay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Setting } from "obsidian";
+import FileHider from "../main";
+
+export class SetDelaySetting {
+
+	public static create(plugin: FileHider, container: HTMLElement) {
+		return new Setting(container)
+		.setName(`Set Delay`)
+		.setDesc(`Set the delay for hiding after explorer loads.`)
+		.addText(text => {
+			text
+			.setValue(plugin.settings.delay.toString())
+			.onChange(value => {
+				const delay = parseInt(value, 10);
+				if (!isNaN(delay)) {
+					plugin.settings.delay = delay;
+					plugin.saveSettings();
+				}
+			});
+		});
+	};
+};
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