diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc71df150..058b54ef1 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - BLE EQ3-TRV code refactoring (#24978)
 - BLE MI32 display icons instead of data lines. disable by removing `#define USE_SENSOR_ICON`
 - MiELHVAC accepts `fan_only` as an alias for fan mode in `HVACSetMode` / `HVACSetHAMode` (Home Assistant) (#24992)
+- Command `SetOption46 201..255` init wait 1 to 55 seconds instead of 2010 to 2550 msec (#25035)
 
 ### Fixed
 - MiELHVAC Modbus and CC1101 GPIO names shown as `MbsRelay ...` due to a duplicate entry in the GPIO name table (#24992)
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index a1d85daf7..4a11dc824 100755
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ The latter links can be used for OTA upgrades too like ``OtaUrl https://ota.tasm
 ### Breaking Changed
 
 ### Changed
+- Command `SetOption46 201..255` init wait 1 to 55 seconds instead of 2010 to 2550 msec [#25035](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/25035)
 - MiELHVAC accepts `fan_only` as an alias for fan mode in `HVACSetMode` / `HVACSetHAMode` (Home Assistant) [#24992](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/24992)
 - BLE MI32 display icons instead of data lines. disable by removing `#define USE_SENSOR_ICON`
 - BLE EQ3-TRV code refactoring [#24978](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/24978)
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino
index 96b71e767..713b18391 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_tasmota.ino
@@ -2332,8 +2332,12 @@ void GpioInit(void)
   }
 
   if (Settings->param[P_POWER_ON_DELAY]) {                 // SetOption46 - Allow Wemos D1 power to stabilize before starting I2C polling for devices powered locally
-    uint32_t init_delay = Settings->param[P_POWER_ON_DELAY] * 10;
-    AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, PSTR("INI: SO46 Wait %d msec"), init_delay);
+    uint32_t init_delay = Settings->param[P_POWER_ON_DELAY] * 10;     // 1 .. 200 = 10 .. 2000 msec delay
+    if (Settings->param[P_POWER_ON_DELAY] > 200) {                 
+      init_delay = (Settings->param[P_POWER_ON_DELAY] - 200) * 1000;  // 201 .. 255 = 1 .. 55 seconds delay for devices like DALI gear to become ready
+    }
+    float fdelay = (float)init_delay * 0.001f;
+    AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, PSTR("INI: SO46 Wait %3_f sec"), &fdelay);
     delay(init_delay);
   }