diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
index cf73ece7e..937f4fb4c 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ function ReaderUI:showReader(file)
     end
     UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
         text = _("Opening file ") .. file,
-        timeout = 1,
+        timeout = 0.1,
     })
     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function() self:doShowReader(file) end)
 end