diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 197df88..a70775a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog].
   minibuffer to search the current user input and the minibuffer
   history. Note that this functionality is not compatible with
   Selectrum. See [#41].
+* We now disable `blink-matching-paren` automatically when entering
+  CTRLF, because (for some reason) it uses `sit-for` to display its
+  blink and this of course causes search results to be delayed
+  ([#45]).
 
 ### Bugs fixed
 * CTRLF previously caused an error during Emacs startup unless the
   `map` library was already loaded. This has been fixed ([#49]).
 
 [#41]: https://github.com/raxod502/ctrlf/issues/41
+[#45]: https://github.com/raxod502/ctrlf/issues/45
 [#49]: https://github.com/raxod502/ctrlf/issues/49
 
 ## 1.0 (released 2020-03-31)
diff --git a/ctrlf.el b/ctrlf.el
index 593801b..cbda8a9 100644
--- a/ctrlf.el
+++ b/ctrlf.el
@@ -779,7 +779,8 @@ And self-destruct this hook."
                     #'ctrlf--minibuffer-before-change-function
                     nil 'local))
       (let ((ctrlf--active-p t)
-            (cursor-in-non-selected-windows nil))
+            (cursor-in-non-selected-windows nil)
+            (blink-matching-paren nil))
         (read-from-minibuffer
          (ctrlf--prompt) nil keymap nil 'ctrlf-search-history
          (thing-at-point 'symbol t))))))