diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 9ac52c6..3e21008 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -1052,6 +1052,8 @@ end
 function Main()
     Init()
 
+    os.sleep(5) -- pause for any initialization errors to display
+
     local sentinel = true
     print("Mainloop starting. Press 'q' to stop the loop and save configuration changes.")
     while sentinel do