diff --git a/app/musicmuster.py b/app/musicmuster.py
index a9d4883..1dcce5f 100755
--- a/app/musicmuster.py
+++ b/app/musicmuster.py
@@ -1173,6 +1173,15 @@ class Window(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             log.error("musicmuster.play_next(): no path for next track")
             return
 
+        # Issue #223 concerns a very short pause (maybe 0.1s) sometimes
+        # when starting to play at track.
+
+        # Resolution appears to be to disable timer10 for the first ten
+        # seconds of playback. Re-enabled tick_1000ms
+
+        self.timer10.stop()
+        self.show_status_message("10ms timer disabled", 0)
+
         # If there's currently a track playing, fade it.
         self.stop_playing(fade=True)
 
@@ -1686,6 +1695,11 @@ class Window(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             time_to_fade = track_sequence.now.fade_at - playtime
             time_to_silence = track_sequence.now.silence_at - playtime
 
+            # see play_next() and issue #223
+            if playtime > 10000 and not self.timer10.isActive():
+                self.timer10.start(10)
+                self.show_status_message("10ms timer enabled", 0)
+
             # Elapsed time
             self.label_elapsed_timer.setText(
                 helpers.ms_to_mmss(playtime)