diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleGATTServer.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleGATTServer.java
index c6c245b4..b762f87f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleGATTServer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleGATTServer.java
@@ -57,12 +57,7 @@ class PebbleGATTServer extends BluetoothGattServerCallback {
         LOG.info("send data to pebble " + GB.hexdump(data, 0, -1));
         writeCharacteristics.setValue(data.clone());
 
-
         mBluetoothGattServer.notifyCharacteristicChanged(mBtDevice, writeCharacteristics, false);
-        try {
-            Thread.sleep(100); // FIXME: bad bad, I mean BAAAD
-        } catch (InterruptedException ignore) {
-        }
     }
 
     synchronized private void sendAckToPebble(int serial) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleLESupport.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleLESupport.java
index 449b76d9..2346dab3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleLESupport.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/ble/PebbleLESupport.java
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ public class PebbleLESupport {
                         payloadToSend -= chunkSize;
                     }
 
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(500); // FIXME ugly wait 0.5s after each pebble package send to the pebble (we do not wait for the GATT chunks)
+                    } catch (InterruptedException ignore) {
+                    }
+
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     LOG.warn("IO exception");
                     mQuit = true;