diff --git a/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/MQTTClient/src/PubSubClient.cpp b/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/MQTTClient/src/PubSubClient.cpp
index acb1c498..8834cb9b 100644
--- a/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/MQTTClient/src/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/MQTTClient/src/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ uint32_t PubSubClient::readPacket(uint8_t* lengthLength) {
 
 boolean PubSubClient::loop() {
     if (connected()) {
+        delay(500);
         unsigned long t = millis();
         if ((t - lastInActivity > this->keepAlive*1000UL) || (t - lastOutActivity > this->keepAlive*1000UL)) {
             if (pingOutstanding) {
diff --git a/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/WiFi/examples/SimpleWebServerWiFi/SimpleWebServerWiFi.ino b/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/WiFi/examples/SimpleWebServerWiFi/SimpleWebServerWiFi.ino
index d7ba0ce3..1d9f9108 100644
--- a/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/WiFi/examples/SimpleWebServerWiFi/SimpleWebServerWiFi.ino
+++ b/Arduino_package/hardware/libraries/WiFi/examples/SimpleWebServerWiFi/SimpleWebServerWiFi.ino
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ void setup() {
         // wait 10 seconds for connection:
         delay(10000);
     }
+    server.setBlockingMode();                 // set server to blocking mode
     server.begin();                           // start the web server on port 80
     printWifiStatus();                        // you're connected now, so print out the status
 }