diff --git a/scripts/zm/zgrief/zgrief_reimagined.gsc b/scripts/zm/zgrief/zgrief_reimagined.gsc
index 3f20944b..803855e2 100644
--- a/scripts/zm/zgrief/zgrief_reimagined.gsc
+++ b/scripts/zm/zgrief/zgrief_reimagined.gsc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ init()
 	level.player_suicide_func = ::player_suicide;
 
 	level thread grief_intro_msg();
-	level thread round_start_wait(5, true);
+	level thread round_start_wait(15, true);
 	level thread remove_round_number();
 	level thread unlimited_zombies();
 	level thread unlimited_powerups();