diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 7a8a14779069a406a35ef2bd807587e6413dc979..a986863659a6ea76a15d586ab4bf5207d94826b1 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ int main(int ac, char *av[]) {
        {{"output", "o"}, "Output PDF file", "output", "output.pdf"},
        {{"importpath", "I"}, "QML import path", "importpath" },
        {{"show-pdf", "p"}, "Show PDF file", "show-qml" },
-       {{"show-qml", "q"}, "Show QML Output", "show-pdf" }
+       {{"show-qml", "q"}, "Show QML Output", "show-pdf" },
+       {{"delay", "D"}, "Delay in milliseconds", "delay", "0" }
   });
 
   parser.process(app);
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ int main(int ac, char *av[]) {
   auto outputPdf = parser.value("output");
   auto showPdf = parser.isSet("show-pdf");
   auto showQml = parser.isSet("show-qml");
+  auto delay = parser.value("delay").toInt();
 
   QDir outputPdfDir;
 
@@ -57,8 +59,7 @@ int main(int ac, char *av[]) {
 
   if (showQml)
     view->show();
-
-  QTimer::singleShot(10000,[=]() {
+  QTimer::singleShot(delay,[=]() {
     QmlPrinter printer;
 
     qInfo() << QObject::tr("Writing PDF to %1").arg(outputPdfDir.absolutePath());