diff --git a/tools/dashboard b/tools/dashboard
index fa1877fa8..76123ebce 100755
--- a/tools/dashboard
+++ b/tools/dashboard
@@ -6,18 +6,17 @@
 ### A simple loop to watch the status of any active builds.
 ###
 
-DELAY=${1:-5}
+DELAY=${1:-10}
 
 while true
 do
+  clear
   ACTIVE=$(find build*/.threads -name status -mmin -5 -printf "%T@ %p\n" | sort -n | awk 'END {print $NF}')
   if [ "${ACTIVE}" ]
   then
-    clear
     cat ${ACTIVE}
     sleep ${DELAY}
   else
     echo -e "\nThere are no active builds available to view."
-    exit 1
   fi
 done