diff --git a/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.cpp b/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.cpp
index a9cd7fb26..c93235021 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.cpp
@@ -148,14 +148,21 @@ namespace BlackCore
 
     void CAirspaceAnalyzer::watchdogCheckTimeouts()
     {
+        // this is a trick to not remove everything while debugging
         const qint64 currentTimeMsEpoch = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
         const qint64 callDiffMs = currentTimeMsEpoch - m_lastWatchdogCallMsSinceEpoch;
         const qint64 callThresholdMs = static_cast<qint64>(m_updateTimer.interval() * 1.5);
         m_lastWatchdogCallMsSinceEpoch = currentTimeMsEpoch;
+        if (callDiffMs > callThresholdMs)
+        {
+            // allow some time to normalize before checking again
+            m_doNotRunAgainBefore = currentTimeMsEpoch + 2 * callThresholdMs;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (m_doNotRunAgainBefore > currentTimeMsEpoch) { return; }
+        m_doNotRunAgainBefore = -1;
 
-        // this is a trick to not remove everything while debugging
-        if (callDiffMs > callThresholdMs) { return; }
-
+        // checks
         const qint64 aircraftTimeoutMs = m_timeoutAircraft.valueInteger(CTimeUnit::ms());
         const qint64 atcTimeoutMs = m_timeoutAtc.valueInteger(CTimeUnit::ms());
         const qint64 timeoutAircraftEpochMs = currentTimeMsEpoch - aircraftTimeoutMs;
diff --git a/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.h b/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.h
index 6f1890b9c..a392fd6e6 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/airspaceanalyzer.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
         BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTime m_timeoutAircraft = { 15, BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTimeUnit::s() }; //!< Timeout value for watchdog functionality
         BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTime m_timeoutAtc = { 50, BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTimeUnit::s() }; //!< Timeout value for watchdog functionality
         qint64 m_lastWatchdogCallMsSinceEpoch; //!< when last called
+        qint64 m_doNotRunAgainBefore = -1;     //!< do not run again before, also used to detect debugging
         std::atomic_bool m_enabledWatchdog { true }; //!< watchdog enabled
 
         // snapshot