--- a/src/utils/confighandler.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/confighandler.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ void ConfigHandler::setStartupLaunch(const bool start) {
         if (file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
             QByteArray data("[Desktop Entry]\nName=flameshot\nIcon=flameshot"
                             "\nExec=flameshot\nTerminal=false\nType=Application"
-                            "\nX-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true\n");
+                            "\nX-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true"
+                            "\nX-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=20\n");
             file.write(data);
         }
     } else {