diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 833e8cf0..df321362 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3573,7 +3573,10 @@ get_window_size() {
     # user input so we have to use read to store the out
     # -put as a variable.
     # The 1 second timeout is required for older bash
-    IFS=';t' read -d t -t 1 -sra term_size
+    case "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" in
+        4|5) IFS=';t' read -d t -t 0.05 -sra term_size ;;
+        *)   IFS=';t' read -d t -t 1 -sra term_size ;;
+    esac
     unset IFS
 
     # Split the string into height/width.