diff --git a/public/scripts/PromptManager.js b/public/scripts/PromptManager.js
index ed3dd704c..34b4b1db2 100644
--- a/public/scripts/PromptManager.js
+++ b/public/scripts/PromptManager.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {callPopup, event_types, eventSource, is_send_press, main_api, substitute
 import { is_group_generating } from "./group-chats.js";
 import {TokenHandler} from "./openai.js";
 import {power_user} from "./power-user.js";
-import { debounce, waitUntilCondition } from "./utils.js";
+import { debounce, getSortableDelay, waitUntilCondition } from "./utils.js";
 
 function debouncePromise(func, delay) {
     let timeoutId;
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ PromptManagerModule.prototype.getFormattedDate = function() {
  */
 PromptManagerModule.prototype.makeDraggable = function () {
     $(`#${this.configuration.prefix}prompt_manager_list`).sortable({
+        delay: getSortableDelay(),
         items: `.${this.configuration.prefix}prompt_manager_prompt_draggable`,
         update: ( event, ui ) => {
             const promptOrder = this.getPromptOrderForCharacter(this.activeCharacter);
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/regex/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/regex/index.js
index 103f294a1..8e57c5590 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/regex/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/regex/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { callPopup, eventSource, event_types, getCurrentChatId, reloadCurrentChat, saveSettingsDebounced } from "../../../script.js";
+import { callPopup, getCurrentChatId, reloadCurrentChat, saveSettingsDebounced } from "../../../script.js";
 import { extension_settings } from "../../extensions.js";
-import { uuidv4, waitUntilCondition } from "../../utils.js";
+import { getSortableDelay, uuidv4 } from "../../utils.js";
 import { regex_placement } from "./engine.js";
 
 async function saveRegexScript(regexScript, existingScriptIndex) {
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ jQuery(async () => {
     });
 
     $('#saved_regex_scripts').sortable({
+        delay: getSortableDelay(),
         stop: function () {
             let newScripts = [];
             $('#saved_regex_scripts').children().each(function () {
diff --git a/public/scripts/kai-settings.js b/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
index 302e45d5d..d1f8895ac 100644
--- a/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
+++ b/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import {
     power_user,
 } from "./power-user.js";
+import { getSortableDelay } from "./utils.js";
 
 export {
     kai_settings,
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ function sortItemsByOrder(orderArray) {
     }
 }
 
-$(document).ready(function () {
+jQuery(function () {
     sliders.forEach(slider => {
         $(document).on("input", slider.sliderId, function () {
             const value = $(this).val();
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     });
 
     $('#kobold_order').sortable({
+        delay: getSortableDelay(),
         stop: function () {
             const order = [];
             $('#kobold_order').children().each(function () {
diff --git a/public/scripts/nai-settings.js b/public/scripts/nai-settings.js
index 3f60df1fb..883f11ea1 100644
--- a/public/scripts/nai-settings.js
+++ b/public/scripts/nai-settings.js
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import {
 import { getCfg } from "./extensions/cfg/util.js";
 import { MAX_CONTEXT_DEFAULT, tokenizers } from "./power-user.js";
 import {
+    getSortableDelay,
     getStringHash,
-    uuidv4
+    uuidv4,
 } from "./utils.js";
 
 export {
@@ -638,7 +639,7 @@ $("#nai_preamble_restore").on('click', function () {
     saveSettingsDebounced();
 });
 
-$(document).ready(function () {
+jQuery(function () {
     sliders.forEach(slider => {
         $(document).on("input", slider.sliderId, function () {
             const value = $(this).val();
@@ -677,6 +678,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     });
 
     $('#novel_order').sortable({
+        delay: getSortableDelay(),
         stop: saveSamplingOrder,
     });
 
diff --git a/public/scripts/utils.js b/public/scripts/utils.js
index 94ee9bf30..8673427aa 100644
--- a/public/scripts/utils.js
+++ b/public/scripts/utils.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ export function isDigitsOnly(str) {
     return /^\d+$/.test(str);
 }
 
+// Increase delay on touch screens
+export function getSortableDelay() {
+    return navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0 ? 750 : 100;
+}
+
 export function shuffle(array) {
     let currentIndex = array.length,
         randomIndex;
diff --git a/public/scripts/world-info.js b/public/scripts/world-info.js
index f37b74f0f..88e569236 100644
--- a/public/scripts/world-info.js
+++ b/public/scripts/world-info.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { saveSettings, callPopup, substituteParams, getTokenCount, getRequestHeaders, chat_metadata, this_chid, characters, saveCharacterDebounced, menu_type, eventSource, event_types } from "../script.js";
-import { download, debounce, initScrollHeight, resetScrollHeight, parseJsonFile, extractDataFromPng, getFileBuffer, delay, getCharaFilename, deepClone } from "./utils.js";
+import { download, debounce, initScrollHeight, resetScrollHeight, parseJsonFile, extractDataFromPng, getFileBuffer, getCharaFilename, deepClone, getSortableDelay } from "./utils.js";
 import { getContext } from "./extensions.js";
 import { NOTE_MODULE_NAME, metadata_keys, shouldWIAddPrompt } from "./authors-note.js";
 import { registerSlashCommand } from "./slash-commands.js";
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ function displayWorldEntries(name, data) {
     }
 
     $("#world_popup_entries_list").sortable({
+        delay: getSortableDelay(),
         handle: ".drag-handle",
         stop: async function (event, ui) {
             $('#world_popup_entries_list .world_entry').each(function (index) {