diff --git a/test/status_im/appium.clj b/test/status_im/appium.clj
index d2ff6adb53..061ed3f4b4 100644
--- a/test/status_im/appium.clj
+++ b/test/status_im/appium.clj
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
     (-> driver
         .manage
         .timeouts
-        (.implicitlyWait 100 TimeUnit/MILLISECONDS))
-    (Thread/sleep 9000)
+        (.implicitlyWait 25 TimeUnit/SECONDS))
     driver))
 
 (defn by-xpath [driver xpath]