diff --git a/screen.py b/screen.py
index 00ad635a..16b87e29 100755
--- a/screen.py
+++ b/screen.py
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ class KlipperScreen(Gtk.Window):
             if self.popup_timeout is not None:
                 GLib.source_remove(self.popup_timeout)
                 self.popup_timeout = None
-            self.popup_timeout = GLib.timeout_add_seconds(10, self.close_popup_message)
+            timeout = 300 if level == 2 else 10
+            self.popup_timeout = GLib.timeout_add_seconds(timeout, self.close_popup_message)
 
         return False