diff --git a/twander.py b/twander.py
index 8f87134..c9eb18b 100755
--- a/twander.py
+++ b/twander.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 PROGNAME = "twander"
-RCSID = "$Id: twander.py,v 1.83 2002/11/26 18:58:30 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: twander.py,v 1.84 2002/11/26 19:28:15 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 
 WARN         = TRUE             # Warnings on
-
+AUTOREFRESH  = TRUE             # Automatically refresh the directory display
 
 #####
 # Constants
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 GB            = MB * KB   # 1 GB constant
 HOSTNAME      = getfqdn() # Full name of this host
 POLLINT       = 20        # Interval (ms) the poll routine should run
-REFRESHINT    = 2000      # Interval (ms) for automatic refresh
+REFRESHINT    = 3000      # Interval (ms) for automatic refresh
 
 
 # Stat-related
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
           "          -h        print this help information",
           "          -n name   name of font to use (default: courier)",
           "          -q        quiet mode - no warnings (default: warnings on)",
+          "          -r        turn off automatic refreshing of the directory display (default: on)",
           "          -s size   size of font to use (default: 12)",
           "          -v        print detailed version information",
           "          -w wght   weight/style of font to use (default: bold)",
@@ -554,10 +555,11 @@
 
         # See if its time to do a refresh
 
-        self.ElapsedTime += POLLINT
-        if self.ElapsedTime >= REFRESHINT:
-            RefreshDirList()
-            self.ElapsedTime = 0
+        if AUTOREFRESH:
+            self.ElapsedTime += POLLINT
+            if self.ElapsedTime >= REFRESHINT:
+                RefreshDirList()
+                self.ElapsedTime = 0
 
         # Setup next polling event
         self.DirList.after(POLLINT, self.poll)
@@ -1188,7 +1190,7 @@
 # Command line processing
 
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '-b:c:f:hn:qs:vw:x:y:')
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '-b:c:f:hn:qrs:vw:x:y:')
 except getopt.GetoptError:
     Usage()
     sys.exit(1)
@@ -1209,6 +1211,8 @@
         FNAME = val
     if opt == "-q":
         WARN = FALSE
+    if opt == "-r":
+        AUTOREFRESH = FALSE
     if opt == "-s":
         FSZ = val
     if opt == "-v":