diff --git a/src/playbin.vala b/src/playbin.vala
index 858919e..a6d097c 100644
--- a/src/playbin.vala
+++ b/src/playbin.vala
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ class Playbin : Object {
         //souphttpsrc.user_agent = "Wavelet/0.1.0 (Linux)"; // WAVELET_VERSION
 
         // regularly update position
-        Idle.add (() => {
+        Timeout.add (500, () => {
             int64 new_position;
             if (this.playbin.query_position (Gst.Format.TIME, out new_position)) {
                 this.set_position (new_position < this.duration ? new_position : this.duration);
             }
 
-            // rerun when idle
+            // keep rerunning
             return true;
         });