diff --git a/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc b/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc
index 32bfadbc663e1c2ae581f8d35490b74d59e89889..4affd2e1e0aa45fc9de10bbd959278f6cc5bd69b 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void Perspective::SetupQuickAccessBar()
   verbosity_slider_->setToolTip("Verbosity Level");
   verbosity_slider_->setTickPosition(QSlider::TicksBothSides);
   verbosity_slider_->setFixedWidth(100);
+  verbosity_slider_->setTracking(false);
   connect(verbosity_slider_, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)),
           this,SLOT(VerbosityChanged(int)));
   l2->addWidget(verbosity_slider_, 0);