diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/improved_driver.5547 b/docs/changes/newsfragments/improved_driver.5547
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac1b17c4e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/newsfragments/improved_driver.5547
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Keithley 2450s by default don't block when setting their output level, differing in behavior from the keithley 2400.
+I added a manual boolian parameter 'block_during_ramp' which forces a check that the ramp command has been completed when True.
diff --git a/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Keithley/Keithley_2450.py b/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Keithley/Keithley_2450.py
index 6b041762209..1c360c3889a 100644
--- a/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Keithley/Keithley_2450.py
+++ b/src/qcodes/instrument_drivers/Keithley/Keithley_2450.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     create_on_off_val_mapping,
     invert_val_mapping,
 )
-from qcodes.validators import Arrays, Enum, Ints, Lists, Numbers
+from qcodes.validators import Arrays, Bool, Enum, Ints, Lists, Numbers
 
 
 class _SweepDict(TypedDict):
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent: "Keithley2450", name: str, proper_function: str) -> N
 
         self.add_parameter(
             self._proper_function,
-            set_cmd=f"SOUR:{self._proper_function} {{}}",
+            set_cmd=self._set_proper_function,
             get_cmd=f"SOUR:{self._proper_function}?",
             get_parser=float,
             unit=unit,
@@ -472,6 +472,22 @@ def __init__(self, parent: "Keithley2450", name: str, proper_function: str) -> N
             "when making a measurement.",
         )
 
+        self.add_parameter(
+            "block_during_ramp",
+            initial_value=False,
+            get_cmd=None,
+            set_cmd=None,
+            vals=Bool(),
+            docstring="Setting the source output level alone cannot block the "
+            "execution of subsequent code. This parameter allows _proper_function"
+            "to either block or not.",
+        )
+
+    def _set_proper_function(self, value: float) -> None:
+        self.write(f"SOUR:{self._proper_function} {value}")
+        if self.block_during_ramp():
+            self.ask("*OPC?")
+
     def get_sweep_axis(self) -> np.ndarray:
         if self._sweep_arguments is None:
             raise ValueError(