diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 395ea24..8571f4f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.4.3
+####  version: 1.4.4
 ####  Date: February 14 2010
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ LANG=C
 CMDL_MAX=''
 COLOR_SCHEME=''
 COLOR_SCHEME_SET=''
+# override in user config if desired, seems like less than .3 doesn't work as reliably
+CPU_SLEEP='0.3' 
 IRC_CLIENT=''
 IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=''
 PS_COUNT=5
@@ -1914,6 +1916,8 @@ get_cpu_data()
 	local i='' j='' cpu_array_nu='' a_cpu_working='' multi_cpu='' bits=''
 
 	if [[ $B_CPUINFO_FILE == 'true' ]];then
+		# stop script for a bit to let cpu slow down before parsing cpu /proc file
+		sleep $CPU_SLEEP
 		IFS=$'\n'
 		A_CPU_DATA=( $( gawk -F': ' '
 		BEGIN {