diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/swlevel b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/swlevel
index fd40de6370890cad8883f05be135e2116a1e4ef9..34a10b7469cd468513683ab0d7883295fb057f86 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/swlevel
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/swlevel
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ goto_level()
               if [ $status == 1 ]; then 
        	        echo "set rcumode to 0 (power save)"
 	        rspctl --rcumode=0 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+                # Wait for setting to take effect before killing RSPDriver
+                sleep 2 
 	      else
 		echo "Beware: NOT going to rcumode 0 as images are still being initialized"
 	      fi