diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/IO/DirectoryWatchers.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/IO/DirectoryWatchers.cs
index ffb3512220..b24cc20635 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/IO/DirectoryWatchers.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/IO/DirectoryWatchers.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.IO
         {
             // This is an arbitraty amount of time, but delay it because file system writes often trigger events after RemoveTempIgnore has been called. 
             // Seeing long delays in some situations, especially over the network.
-            await Task.Delay(40000).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            // Seeing delays up to 40 seconds, but not going to ignore changes for that long.
+            await Task.Delay(20000).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             string val;
             _tempIgnoredPaths.TryRemove(path, out val);