diff --git a/include/Mw/Core.h b/include/Mw/Core.h
index 9a23821..f9d0d4c 100644
--- a/include/Mw/Core.h
+++ b/include/Mw/Core.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define MwDispatch3(x, y, z) \
 	if(x->widget_class != NULL && x->widget_class->y != NULL) x->widget_class->y(x, z)
 
-#define MwWaitMS 5
+#define MwWaitMS 10
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/include/Mw/LowLevel.h b/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
index 6007d69..a20f67c 100644
--- a/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
+++ b/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ MWDECL void MwLLMakePopup(MwLL handle, MwLL parent);
 MWDECL void MwLLSetSizeHints(MwLL handle, int minx, int miny, int maxx, int maxy);
 MWDECL void MwLLMakeBorderless(MwLL handle, int toggle);
 
+MWDECL long MwLLGetTick(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/Mw/MachDep.h b/include/Mw/MachDep.h
index fa143a9..7c086b4 100644
--- a/include/Mw/MachDep.h
+++ b/include/Mw/MachDep.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/ipc.h>
diff --git a/src/backend/gdi.c b/src/backend/gdi.c
index ebaaed7..84d0dc6 100644
--- a/src/backend/gdi.c
+++ b/src/backend/gdi.c
@@ -502,3 +502,7 @@ void MwLLMakeBorderless(MwLL handle, int toggle) {
 
 	SetWindowPos(handle->hWnd, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_FRAMECHANGED | SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER);
 }
+
+long MwLLGetTick(void) {
+	return GetTickCount();
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/x11.c b/src/backend/x11.c
index adcf28c..6155901 100644
--- a/src/backend/x11.c
+++ b/src/backend/x11.c
@@ -603,3 +603,15 @@ void MwLLMakeBorderless(MwLL handle, int toggle) {
 	XMapWindow(handle->display, handle->window);
 	XMoveWindow(handle->display, handle->window, x, y);
 }
+
+long MwLLGetTick(void) {
+	struct timespec ts;
+	long		n = 0;
+
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+
+	n += ts.tv_nsec / 1000 / 1000;
+	n += ts.tv_sec * 1000;
+
+	return n;
+}
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 3853527..db616ce 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -230,11 +230,14 @@ int MwPending(MwWidget handle) {
 }
 
 void MwLoop(MwWidget handle) {
+	long tick = MwLLGetTick();
 	while(!handle->close) {
-		MwStep(handle);
+		while(MwPending(handle)) MwStep(handle);
 
 		MwDispatchUserHandler(handle, MwNtickHandler, NULL);
-		MwLLSleep(MwWaitMS);
+		tick = MwWaitMS - (MwLLGetTick() - tick);
+		if(tick > 0) MwLLSleep(tick);
+		tick = MwLLGetTick();
 	}
 }