diff --git a/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mod_tap.py b/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mod_tap.py
index ef9c70804..0351c678d 100644
--- a/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mod_tap.py
+++ b/inputremapper/injection/macros/tasks/mod_tap.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 from collections import deque
+from typing import Deque
 
 from evdev.ecodes import EV_KEY
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class ModTapTask(Task):
 
     async def run(self, callback) -> None:
         tapping_term = self.get_argument("tapping_term").get_value() / 1000
-        jamming_asyncio_events = deque()
+        jamming_asyncio_events: Deque[asyncio.Event] = deque()
 
         async def listener(event: InputEvent) -> None:
             trigger = self.mapping.input_combination[-1]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_macros/test_mod_tap.py b/tests/unit/test_macros/test_mod_tap.py
index f9aeebd8d..6914931d0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_macros/test_mod_tap.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_macros/test_mod_tap.py
@@ -365,20 +365,21 @@ async def wait_for_timeout(self, macro):
         macro = Parser.parse(macro, self.context, DummyMapping, True)
 
         start = time.time()
-        # Awaiting the macro run will cause it to wait for the tapping_term
+        # Awaiting macro.run will cause it to wait for the tapping_term.
+        # When it injects the modifier, release the trigger.
         macro.press_trigger()
         await macro.run(lambda *_, **__: macro.release_trigger())
         return time.time() - start
 
     async def test_tapping_term_configuration_default(self):
         time_ = await self.wait_for_timeout("mod_tap(a, b)")
-        # + 3 times 10ms of keycode_pause
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_, 0.23, delta=0.01)
+        # + 2 times 10ms of keycode_pause
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_, 0.22, delta=0.02)
 
     async def test_tapping_term_configuration_100(self):
         time_ = await self.wait_for_timeout("mod_tap(a, b, 100)")
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_, 0.13, delta=0.01)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_, 0.12, delta=0.02)
 
     async def test_tapping_term_configuration_100_kwarg(self):
         time_ = await self.wait_for_timeout("mod_tap(a, b, tapping_term=100)")
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_, 0.13, delta=0.01)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_, 0.12, delta=0.02)