diff --git a/UICatalog/Scenarios/Progress.cs b/UICatalog/Scenarios/Progress.cs
index 1c7c327f9..641fb8406 100644
--- a/UICatalog/Scenarios/Progress.cs
+++ b/UICatalog/Scenarios/Progress.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 		private ProgressBar _activityProgressBar;
 		private ProgressBar _pulseProgressBar;
 		private Timer _timer;
-		private object _timeoutToken;
+		private object _timeoutToken = null;
 
 		public override void Setup ()
 		{
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 		{
 			_timer?.Dispose ();
 			_timer = null;
-			Application.MainLoop.RemoveTimeout (_timeoutToken);
+			if (_timeoutToken != null) {
+				Application.MainLoop.RemoveTimeout (_timeoutToken);
+			}
 			base.Dispose (disposing);
 		}
 
@@ -81,19 +83,21 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			_activityProgressBar.Fraction = 0F;
 			_pulseProgressBar.Fraction = 0F;
 
-			_timer = new Timer ((o) => Application.MainLoop.Invoke (() => Pulse ()), null, 0, 10);
+			_timer = new Timer ((o) => Application.MainLoop.Invoke (() => Pulse ()), null, 0, 250);
 
 			// BUGBUG: This timeout does nothing but return true, however it trigger the Application.MainLoop
 			// to run the Action. Without this timeout, the display updates are random, 
 			// or triggered by user interaction with the UI. See #155
-			_timeoutToken = Application.MainLoop.AddTimeout (TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds (10), loop => true);
+			//_timeoutToken = Application.MainLoop.AddTimeout (TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds (10), loop => true);
 		}
 
 		private void Stop ()
 		{
 			_timer?.Dispose ();
 			_timer = null;
-			Application.MainLoop.RemoveTimeout (_timeoutToken);
+			if (_timeoutToken != null) {
+				Application.MainLoop.RemoveTimeout (_timeoutToken);
+			}
 
 			_activityProgressBar.Fraction = 1F;
 			_pulseProgressBar.Fraction = 1F;