diff --git a/src/trackerd/trackerd.c b/src/trackerd/trackerd.c
index 326c63f..a33918a 100644
--- a/src/trackerd/trackerd.c
+++ b/src/trackerd/trackerd.c
@@ -1867,6 +1869,8 @@ sanity_check_option_values ()
  	if (tracker->index_bucket_ratio > 4) tracker->index_bucket_ratio = 4;
 	if (tracker->padding < 0) tracker->padding = 0;
 	if (tracker->padding > 8) tracker->padding = 8;
+	if (tracker->initial_sleep > 1000) tracker->initial_sleep = 1000; /* g_usleep (X * 1000 * 1000) */
 
 	if (tracker->min_word_length < 1) tracker->min_word_length = 3;