diff --git a/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/Controller.java b/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/Controller.java
index 0467f08..44b0df7 100644
--- a/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/Controller.java
+++ b/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/Controller.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class Controller implements Runnable{
                 if(newData != null){
                     setLatestData(newData);
                 }
-                Utilities.sleep(10);
+                doSleepAfterPollingData();
             }
             synchronized (shutdownLock) {
                 shutdownState = shutdown;
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ public abstract class Controller implements Runnable{
         }
     }
     
+    protected void doSleepAfterPollingData() {
+        Utilities.sleep(10);
+    }
+
     @Synchronized("dataLock")
     private void setLatestData(byte[] newData) {
         this.latestData = newData;      
diff --git a/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/LinuxDevInputController.java b/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/LinuxDevInputController.java
index 6eef7a7..82bde01 100644
--- a/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/LinuxDevInputController.java
+++ b/src/net/ash/HIDToVPADNetworkClient/controller/LinuxDevInputController.java
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ public class LinuxDevInputController extends Controller implements Runnable{
 		}
 		return newData;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void doSleepAfterPollingData() {
+        //This is event driven (aka pollLatestData() is blocking anyway until we have data), we don't need to sleep it all.
+    }
 
 	@Override
 	public void destroyDriver() {