---
 src/man.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git src/man.c src/man.c
index 10bcd4f..5c164ad 100644
--- src/man.c
+++ src/man.c
@@ -2316,22 +2316,24 @@ static void format_display (pipeline *decomp,
 			if (!status)
 				break;
 		}
-		if (!candidate)
-			error (CHILD_FAIL, 0,
-			       "couldn't execute any browser from %s",
-			       html_pager);
 		free (browser_list);
 		if (chdir (old_cwd) == -1) {
 			error (0, errno, _("can't change to directory %s"),
 			       old_cwd);
 			chdir ("/");
 		}
+		if (!status)
+			sleep(5);	/* firefox runs into background to fast */
 		if (remove_directory (htmldir, 0) == -1)
 			error (0, errno, _("can't remove directory %s"),
 			       htmldir);
 		free (htmlfile);
 		free (htmldir);
 		free (old_cwd);
+		if (!candidate)
+			error (CHILD_FAIL, 0,
+			       "couldn't execute any browser from %s",
+			       html_pager);
 	} else
 #endif /* TROFF_IS_GROFF */
 	/* TODO: check format_cmd status too? */
-- 
1.8.4.5