diff --git a/bin/pwnagotchi b/bin/pwnagotchi
index aa462297..35a9cf5e 100755
--- a/bin/pwnagotchi
+++ b/bin/pwnagotchi
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def do_auto_mode(agent):
                     # deauth all client stations in order to get a full handshake
                     for sta in ap['clients']:
                         agent.deauth(ap, sta)
+                        time.sleep(1)  # delay to not trigger nexmon firmware bugs
 
             # An interesting effect of this:
             #