diff --git a/libse/ContinuationUtilities.cs b/libse/ContinuationUtilities.cs
index caaeddf1d7..9c1a4ddb17 100644
--- a/libse/ContinuationUtilities.cs
+++ b/libse/ContinuationUtilities.cs
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ public static bool IsLanguageWithoutCaseDistinction(string language)
 
         public static int GetMinimumGapMs()
         {
-            return Math.Max(Configuration.Settings.General.MinimumMillisecondsBetweenLines + 5, 300);
+            return Math.Max(Configuration.Settings.General.MinimumMillisecondsBetweenLines + 5, Configuration.Settings.General.ContinuationPause);
         }
 
         public static string GetContinuationStyleName(ContinuationStyle continuationStyle)
diff --git a/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixContinuationStyle.cs b/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixContinuationStyle.cs
index aab1d7b361..578efbc35c 100644
--- a/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixContinuationStyle.cs
+++ b/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixContinuationStyle.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public void Fix(Subtitle subtitle, IFixCallbacks callbacks)
                 var shouldProcess = true;
 
                 // Detect gap
-                bool gap = pNext.StartTime.TotalMilliseconds - p.EndTime.TotalMilliseconds > minGapMs;
+                bool gap = pNext.StartTime.TotalMilliseconds - p.EndTime.TotalMilliseconds >= minGapMs;
 
                 // Convert for Arabic
                 if (callbacks.Language == "ar")
diff --git a/libse/Settings.cs b/libse/Settings.cs
index e9dfa3bb4b..e930ef03f6 100644
--- a/libse/Settings.cs
+++ b/libse/Settings.cs
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ public class GeneralSettings
         public double SubtitleMaximumWordsPerMinute { get; set; }
         public DialogType DialogStyle { get; set; }
         public ContinuationStyle ContinuationStyle { get; set; }
+        public int ContinuationPause { get; set; }
         public bool FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsAllCaps { get; set; }
         public bool FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsItalic { get; set; }
         public bool FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsLowercase { get; set; }
@@ -1212,6 +1213,7 @@ public GeneralSettings()
             SubtitleMaximumWordsPerMinute = 300;
             DialogStyle = DialogType.DashBothLinesWithSpace;
             ContinuationStyle = ContinuationStyle.None;
+            ContinuationPause = 2000;
             FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsAllCaps = true;
             FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsItalic = true;
             FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsLowercase = true;
@@ -2949,6 +2951,12 @@ private static Settings CustomDeserialize(string fileName)
                 settings.General.ContinuationStyle = (ContinuationStyle)Enum.Parse(typeof(ContinuationStyle), subNode.InnerText);
             }
 
+            subNode = node.SelectSingleNode("ContinuationPause");
+            if (subNode != null)
+            {
+                settings.General.ContinuationPause = Convert.ToInt32(subNode.InnerText, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+
             subNode = node.SelectSingleNode("FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsAllCaps");
             if (subNode != null)
             {
@@ -7662,6 +7670,7 @@ private static void CustomSerialize(string fileName, Settings settings)
                 textWriter.WriteElementString("SubtitleMaximumWordsPerMinute", settings.General.SubtitleMaximumWordsPerMinute.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                 textWriter.WriteElementString("DialogStyle", settings.General.DialogStyle.ToString());
                 textWriter.WriteElementString("ContinuationStyle", settings.General.ContinuationStyle.ToString());
+                textWriter.WriteElementString("ContinuationPause", settings.General.ContinuationPause.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                 textWriter.WriteElementString("FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsAllCaps", settings.General.FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsAllCaps.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                 textWriter.WriteElementString("FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsItalic", settings.General.FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsItalic.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                 textWriter.WriteElementString("FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsLowercase", settings.General.FixContinuationStyleUncheckInsertsLowercase.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));