diff --git a/javascript/imageviewerGamepad.js b/javascript/imageviewerGamepad.js
index f25f0857b..d24b7b978 100644
--- a/javascript/imageviewerGamepad.js
+++ b/javascript/imageviewerGamepad.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const delay = 350//ms
 let isWaiting = false;
 window.addEventListener('gamepadconnected', (e) => {
     setInterval(async () => {
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ window.addEventListener('gamepadconnected', (e) => {
                 if (xValue < 0.3 && xValue > -0.3) {
                     return true;
                 }
-            }, delay);
+            }, opts.js_modal_lightbox_gamepad_repeat);
             isWaiting = false;
         }
     }, 10);
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ window.addEventListener('wheel', (e) => {
 
     setTimeout(() => {
         isScrolling = false;
-    }, delay);
+    }, opts.js_modal_lightbox_gamepad_repeat);
 });
 
 function sleepUntil(f, timeout) {
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index b3ca84017..d8d2bc780 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ options_templates.update(options_section(('ui', "User interface"), {
     "js_modal_lightbox": OptionInfo(True, "Enable full page image viewer"),
     "js_modal_lightbox_initially_zoomed": OptionInfo(True, "Show images zoomed in by default in full page image viewer"),
     "js_modal_lightbox_gamepad": OptionInfo(True, "Navigate image viewer with gamepad"),
+    "js_modal_lightbox_gamepad_repeat": OptionInfo(250, "Gamepad repeat period, in milliseconds"),
     "show_progress_in_title": OptionInfo(True, "Show generation progress in window title."),
     "samplers_in_dropdown": OptionInfo(True, "Use dropdown for sampler selection instead of radio group"),
     "dimensions_and_batch_together": OptionInfo(True, "Show Width/Height and Batch sliders in same row"),