diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
index 25259ad..d3f0778 100755
--- a/backend.py
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     try:
         while True:
+            sleep(15) # rest 15 seconds between each crawl run
             for user in db.active_users:
                 for bot in bots:
-                    sleep(1)
                     reports = bot.crawl(user)
                     for status in reports:
                         if not user.is_appropriate(status):