diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.cpp
index 9154080bb..07696a405 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         void CTimerBasedComponent::fireTimer()
         {
             Q_ASSERT(this->m_timerSingleShot);
+            this->m_timer->start(); // restart other timer
             this->m_timerSingleShot->start(10);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.h
index 79f0dfdcf..86a28790e 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/timerbasedcomponent.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             void setUpdateIntervalSeconds(int seconds) { this->setUpdateInterval(1000 * seconds); }
 
             //! Stop timer
-            void stopTimer() { this->setUpdateInterval(-1); }
+            void stopTimer() { this->setUpdateInterval(-1); this->m_timerSingleShot->stop(); }
 
             //! Fire the timer straight away
             void fireTimer();