diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/bgproute/BgpRoute.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/bgproute/BgpRoute.java
index 37666b2..4aa70f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/bgproute/BgpRoute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/bgproute/BgpRoute.java
@@ -572,8 +572,12 @@
             try {
 				sw.write(msglist, null);
 				sw.flush();
+				Thread.sleep(0, 100000);
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				log.error("Failure writing flow mod", e);
+			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+				// TODO handle this properly
+				log.error("Interrupted", e);
 			}
 		}
 	}