diff --git a/discover/qml/DiscoverDrawer.qml b/discover/qml/DiscoverDrawer.qml
--- a/discover/qml/DiscoverDrawer.qml
+++ b/discover/qml/DiscoverDrawer.qml
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
             id: searchTimer
             running: false
             repeat: false
-            interval: 200
+            // Half a human moment - more and the user will be starting to wonder
+            // what's going on, shorter and we trigger too many searches.
+            interval: 1500
             onTriggered: {
                 var curr = window.leftPage;
                 if (!curr.hasOwnProperty("search")) {