diff --git a/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/18_The_Portal_of_Doom.cfg b/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/18_The_Portal_of_Doom.cfg
index edaaf88aad64..f1e8c133efd9 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/18_The_Portal_of_Doom.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/18_The_Portal_of_Doom.cfg
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@
             name=close_portal
         [/fire_event]
 
-        {MODIFY_UNIT (id=Iliah-Malal) facing se}
+        [delay]
+            time=1500
+        [/delay]
+
         [message]
             speaker=Iliah-Malal
             message=_"Portal, reopen! No! What have you done?"