diff --git a/pialert/__main__.py b/pialert/__main__.py
index e9edc815..47f0b0bd 100755
--- a/pialert/__main__.py
+++ b/pialert/__main__.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def main ():
             mylog('verbose', ['[MAIN] waiting to start next loop'])
 
         #loop     
-        time.sleep(1) # wait for N seconds      
+        time.sleep(5) # wait for N seconds      
 
 
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