diff --git a/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim
index 0fe2a0b561..189c5a382e 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ QtObject:
     discard
 
   proc initializeRPC(self: Service) {.slot.} =
+    # Do not remove the sleep 700
+    # This sleep prevents a crash on intel MacOS
+    # with errors like bad flushGen 12 in prepareForSweep; sweepgen 0
+    # More info: https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/pull/15194
+    if status_const.IS_MACOS and status_const.IS_INTEL:
+      sleep 700
     let response = keycard_go.keycardInitializeRPC()
     debug "initializeRPC response", response