diff --git a/AppController.h b/AppController.h
index 318afce..25fc71d 100755
--- a/AppController.h
+++ b/AppController.h
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@
     IBOutlet NSSlider * heightSlider;
     IBOutlet NSSlider * widthSlider;
     
-    // A timer which will let us check the pasteboard;
-    // this should default to every .5 seconds but be user-configurable
-    NSTimer *pollPBTimer;
+    // Poll the pasteboard change counter away from AppKit's main run loop.
+    dispatch_source_t pasteboardPollTimer;
+    dispatch_queue_t pasteboardPollQueue;
+    NSInteger observedPasteboardChangeCount;
     // We want an interface to the pasteboard
     NSPasteboard *jcPasteboard;
     // Track the clipboard count so we only act when its contents change
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@
 + (BOOL)isAppSandboxed;
 
 // Basic functionality
--(void) pollPB:(NSTimer *)timer;
 -(void) addClipToPasteboard:(NSString*)pbFullText;
 -(void) setPBBlockCount:(NSNumber *)newPBBlockCount;
 -(void) hideApp;
diff --git a/AppController.m b/AppController.m
index 8961295..3cf3432 100755
--- a/AppController.m
+++ b/AppController.m
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
 #import <ServiceManagement/ServiceManagement.h>
 #import <Carbon/Carbon.h>
 
+@interface AppController ()
+- (void)checkPasteboardChangeCount;
+- (void)processPasteboardChange;
+- (void)stopPasteboardPolling;
+@end
+
+static void pollPasteboardTimerFired(void *context)
+{
+    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+    [(AppController *)context checkPasteboardChangeCount];
+    [pool drain];
+}
+
 @implementation AppController
 
 /// Determines, through a hack of sorts, if the app is running sandboxed. The SANDBOXING define has no direct connection to being sandboxed, but this method identifies the state by looking for a directory which will have at least eight path components if sandboxed and is quite unlikely to have that many if not sandboxed. Of course, if this doesn't work for your unique case, just do a custom build with this method returning NO.
@@ -215,21 +228,24 @@ - (void)awakeFromNib
         [self updateMenu];
 	}
 
-	// Build our listener timer
-	NSDate *oneSecondFromNow = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:1.0];
-	pollPBTimer = [[NSTimer alloc] initWithFireDate:oneSecondFromNow
-										   interval:(1.0)
-											 target:self
-										   selector:@selector(pollPB:)
-										   userInfo:nil
-											repeats:YES];
-	// Assign it to NSRunLoopCommonModes so that it will still poll while the menu is open.  Using a simple NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval: would result in polling that stops while the menu is active.  In the past this was okay but with Universal Clipboard a new clipping an arrive while the user has the menu open.
-	[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:pollPBTimer forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
+	// Poll only the lightweight change counter in the background. Waking the main
+	// run loop every second makes AppKit repeatedly update status-item tracking
+	// regions on modern multi-display macOS systems.
+    observedPasteboardChangeCount = [jcPasteboard changeCount];
+    pasteboardPollQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.Flycut.pasteboardPollQueue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+    pasteboardPollTimer = dispatch_source_create(DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_TIMER, 0, 0, pasteboardPollQueue);
+    dispatch_set_context(pasteboardPollTimer, self);
+    dispatch_source_set_event_handler_f(pasteboardPollTimer, pollPasteboardTimerFired);
+    dispatch_source_set_timer(pasteboardPollTimer,
+                              dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, NSEC_PER_SEC),
+                              NSEC_PER_SEC,
+                              100 * NSEC_PER_MSEC);
+    dispatch_resume(pasteboardPollTimer);
 
     // Finish up
 	srTransformer = [[[SRKeyCodeTransformer alloc] init] retain];
     pbBlockCount = [[NSNumber numberWithInt:0] retain];
-    [pollPBTimer fire];
+    [self processPasteboardChange];
     
     
     // The load-on-startup check can be really slow, so this will be dispatched out so our thread isn't blocked.
@@ -280,11 +296,8 @@ -(void)menuWillOpen:(NSMenu *)menu
         bool disableStore = [self toggleMenuIconDisabled];
         if (!disableStore)
         {
-            // Update the pbCount so we don't enable and have it immediately copy the thing the user was trying to avoid.
-            // Code copied from pollPB, which is disabled at this point, so the "should be okay" should still be okay.
-            
-            // Reload pbCount with the current changeCount
-            // Probably poor coding technique, but pollPB should be the only thing messing with pbCount, so it should be okay
+            // Synchronize the count so re-enabling storage does not capture the
+            // pasteboard contents the user intentionally excluded.
             [pbCount release];
             pbCount = [[NSNumber numberWithInt:[jcPasteboard changeCount]] retain];
         }
@@ -861,14 +874,14 @@ -(BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)fieldEditor doCommand
     return NO;    // Default handling of the command
 }
 
--(void)pollPB:(NSTimer *)timer
+- (void)processPasteboardChange
 {
-    NSString *type = [jcPasteboard availableTypeFromArray:[NSArray arrayWithObject:NSStringPboardType]];
-    if ( [pbCount intValue] != [jcPasteboard changeCount] && ![flycutOperator storeDisabled] ) {
-        // Reload pbCount with the current changeCount
-        // Probably poor coding technique, but pollPB should be the only thing messing with pbCount, so it should be okay
+    NSInteger currentChangeCount = [jcPasteboard changeCount];
+    if ( [pbCount integerValue] != currentChangeCount && ![flycutOperator storeDisabled] ) {
+        // Record the change before reading its contents so it is processed once.
         [pbCount release];
-        pbCount = [[NSNumber numberWithInt:[jcPasteboard changeCount]] retain];
+        pbCount = [[NSNumber numberWithInteger:currentChangeCount] retain];
+        NSString *type = [jcPasteboard availableTypeFromArray:[NSArray arrayWithObject:NSStringPboardType]];
         if ( type != nil ) {
 			NSRunningApplication *currRunningApp = nil;
 			for (NSRunningApplication *currApp in [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] runningApplications])
@@ -911,6 +924,33 @@ -(void)pollPB:(NSTimer *)timer
     }
 }
 
+- (void)checkPasteboardChangeCount
+{
+    NSInteger currentChangeCount = [jcPasteboard changeCount];
+    if (currentChangeCount == observedPasteboardChangeCount)
+        return;
+
+    observedPasteboardChangeCount = currentChangeCount;
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+        [self processPasteboardChange];
+    });
+}
+
+- (void)stopPasteboardPolling
+{
+    if (pasteboardPollTimer == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    dispatch_source_cancel(pasteboardPollTimer);
+    dispatch_sync(pasteboardPollQueue, ^{});
+#if !OS_OBJECT_USE_OBJC_RETAIN_RELEASE
+    dispatch_release(pasteboardPollTimer);
+    dispatch_release(pasteboardPollQueue);
+#endif
+    pasteboardPollTimer = NULL;
+    pasteboardPollQueue = NULL;
+}
+
 - (void)processBezelKeyDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent {
 	int newStackPosition;
 	// AppControl should only be getting these directly from bezel via delegation
@@ -1468,6 +1508,7 @@ - (void)noteChangeAtIndex:(int)index {
 }
 
 - (void)applicationWillTerminate:(NSNotification *)notification {
+	[self stopPasteboardPolling];
 	[flycutOperator applicationWillTerminate];
 	//Unregister our hot key (not required)
 	[[SGHotKeyCenter sharedCenter] unregisterHotKey: mainHotKey];
@@ -1485,6 +1526,7 @@ - (void)applicationWillTerminate:(NSNotification *)notification {
 }
 
 - (void) dealloc {
+	[self stopPasteboardPolling];
 	[bezel release];
 	[srTransformer release];
 	[super dealloc];