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..015c10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/setDelay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+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 the explorer loads. "X seconds Y milliseconds". Default: "0s 500ms".`)
+            .addText(text => {
+                // Convert milliseconds to seconds and milliseconds
+                const seconds = Math.floor(plugin.settings.delay / 1000);
+                const milliseconds = plugin.settings.delay % 1000;
+
+                text
+                    .setValue(`${seconds}s ${milliseconds}ms`)
+                    .onChange(value => {
+                        // Regular expression to match the input format "Xs Yms"
+                        const match = value.match(/(?:(\d+)s)?\s*(\d*)ms?/);
+                        if (match) {
+                            const seconds = parseInt(match[1] || "0", 10);
+                            const milliseconds = parseInt(match[2] || "0", 10);
+                            const delay = (seconds * 1000) + milliseconds;
+
+                            if (!isNaN(delay)) {
+                                plugin.settings.delay = delay;
+                                plugin.saveSettings();
+                            };
+                        } else {
+                            // Handle invalid format input
+                            text.setValue(`${Math.floor(plugin.settings.delay / 1000)}s ${plugin.settings.delay % 1000}ms`);
+                        };
+                    });
+            });
+    };
+};