diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8bde170..4f4bf23 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "vban-cmd"
-version = "2.9.1"
+version = "2.9.2"
 description = "Python interface for the VBAN RT Packet Service (Sendtext)"
 authors = [{ name = "Onyx and Iris", email = "code@onyxandiris.online" }]
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/vban_cmd/iremote.py b/vban_cmd/iremote.py
index 4f30f2a..7a89df9 100644
--- a/vban_cmd/iremote.py
+++ b/vban_cmd/iremote.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import abc
 import logging
-import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -123,6 +122,8 @@ class IRemote(abc.ABC):
     def apply(self, data):
         """Sets all parameters of a dict for the channel."""
 
+        script = ''
+
         def fget(attr, val):
             if attr == 'mode':
                 return (f'mode.{val}', 1)
@@ -138,14 +139,9 @@ class IRemote(abc.ABC):
                         val = 1 if val else 0
 
                     self._remote.cache[self._cmd(attr)] = val
-                    self._remote._script += f'{self._cmd(attr)}={val};'
+                    script += f'{self._cmd(attr)}={val};'
             else:
                 target = getattr(self, attr)
                 target.apply(val)
 
-        self._remote.sendtext(self._remote._script)
-        return self
-
-    def then_wait(self):
-        self._remote._script = str()
-        time.sleep(self._remote.DELAY)
+        self._remote.sendtext(script)
diff --git a/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py b/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py
index 470a791..8d204a5 100644
--- a/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py
+++ b/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from queue import Queue
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Mapping, Union
 
 from .enums import NBS
 from .error import VBANCMDConnectionError, VBANCMDError
@@ -289,12 +289,8 @@ class VbanCmd(abc.ABC):
         while self.pdirty:
             time.sleep(self.DELAY)
 
-    def apply(self, data: dict):
-        """
-        Sets all parameters of a dict
-
-        minor delay between each recursion
-        """
+    def apply(self, data: Mapping):
+        """Set all parameters of a dict"""
 
         def target(key):
             match key.split('-'):
@@ -314,7 +310,9 @@ class VbanCmd(abc.ABC):
                     raise ValueError(ERR_MSG)
             return target[int(index)]
 
-        [target(key).apply(di).then_wait() for key, di in data.items()]
+        for key, di in data.items():
+            target(key).apply(di)
+            time.sleep(self.DELAY)
 
     def apply_config(self, name):
         """applies a config from memory"""