Google said Friday that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause its order directing its Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. 1 to give consumers more choice over how they download software.

San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge James Donato made the decision Friday as part of an antitrust lawsuit against Google brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. Google argued that Donato’s Oct. 7 order would harm the company and “introduce serious safety, security and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem.”

Donato postponed the order so that the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals can consider Google’s separate request to pause the judge’s order, Google said.

“We are pleased with the court’s decision to temporarily pause the implementation of dangerous fixes that Epic is demanding as the Court of Appeals considers our request to further pause the fixes while we appeal,” Google said in a statement declaration.

Epic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In the Epic Games lawsuit, a jury ruled last year that Google illegally monopolized how consumers download apps on Android devices and how they pay for in-app transactions.

In his ruling, the judge embraced many of Epic’s recommended steps in light of the jury’s decision.

The order required Google to allow users to download competing third-party Android app platforms or stores into Play and to allow the use of competing in-app payment methods.

It also banned Google from making payments to device makers to pre-install the app store and from sharing Play Store revenue with other app distributors.

Google has already appealed the jury’s antitrust findings to the 9th Circuit. Google has not yet presented its antitrust arguments to the appeals court.

It has previously said it cannot be considered a monopolist because Play and Apple’s App Store are direct competitors, and that Donato’s order would unlawfully force Google to do business with rivals.