diff --git a/es-app/src/main.cpp b/es-app/src/main.cpp
index 1aee7dcc1..37553cb25 100644
--- a/es-app/src/main.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/main.cpp
@@ -610,12 +610,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // If ES-DE is set as the home app/launcher we may be in a situation where we get started
     // before the external storage has been mounted. If the application data directory or the
     // ROMs directory have been located on this storage then the configurator will get executed.
-    // To prevent the likelyhood of this happening we wait up to 30 * 100 milliseconds, then
+    // To prevent the likelyhood of this happening we wait up to 40 * 100 milliseconds, then
     // we give up. This is not an airtight solution but it hopefully decreases the risk of
     // this failure occuring. Under normal circumstances the storage would be mounted when
     // the application is starting, so no delay would occur.
     if (SDL_AndroidGetExternalStorageState() == 0) {
-        for (int i {0}; i < 30; ++i) {
+        for (int i {0}; i < 40; ++i) {
             __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE, ANDROID_APPLICATION_ID,
                                 "Storage not mounted, waiting 100 ms until next attempt");
             SDL_Delay(100);