diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/ovos-i2csound b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/ovos-i2csound
index 18d3efd6..d7921c11 100755
--- a/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/ovos-i2csound
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/ovos/raspberrypi/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/ovos-i2csound
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ if [ "$WM8960" == "found" ] && [ "$RESPEAKER4" != "found" ] ; then
     echo "Installing and configuring WM8960 based 2-mic HAT"
     dtoverlay wm8960-soundcard
     echo "Configuring board"
+    sleep 3 # Allow some time to fully initialise the hardware / driver
     amixer -c "wm8960soundcard" cset numid=1 34,34
     amixer -c "wm8960soundcard" cset numid=26 3
     amixer -c "wm8960soundcard" cset numid=27 4