diff --git a/config/prod-background-worker.edn b/config/prod-background-worker.edn
index bf6ba3e9..b8e81d5d 100644
--- a/config/prod-background-worker.edn
+++ b/config/prod-background-worker.edn
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  :scheme "https"
  :jwt-secret "auto ap invoices are awesome"
  :invoice-import-queue-url "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/679918342773/integreat-mail-prod" 
- :requests-queue-url "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/679918342773/integreat-requests-prod" 
+ :requests-queue-url "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/679918342773/integreat-background-request-prod" 
  :invoice-email "invoices@mail.app.integreatconsult.com"
  :data-bucket "data.prod.app.integreatconsult.com"
  :yodlee-cobrand-name "qstartus12"
diff --git a/config/prod.edn b/config/prod.edn
index 56886454..8600899b 100644
--- a/config/prod.edn
+++ b/config/prod.edn
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  :scheme "https"
  :jwt-secret "auto ap invoices are awesome"
  :invoice-import-queue-url "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/679918342773/integreat-mail-prod" 
- :requests-queue-url "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/679918342773/integreat-requests-prod" 
+ :requests-queue-url "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/679918342773/integreat-background-request-prod" 
  :invoice-email "invoices@mail.app.integreatconsult.com"
  :data-bucket "data.prod.app.integreatconsult.com"
  :yodlee-cobrand-name "qstartus12"
diff --git a/src/clj/auto_ap/background/requests.clj b/src/clj/auto_ap/background/requests.clj
index 00c78ce8..5094be0f 100644
--- a/src/clj/auto_ap/background/requests.clj
+++ b/src/clj/auto_ap/background/requests.clj
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
    [auto-ap.intuit.import :as i]
    [unilog.context :as lc]))
 
+(def queue-url (:requests-queue-url env))
+
 (defn process-1 []
   (lc/with-context {:source "Request poller"}
     (log/info "Checking SQS...")
-    (let [[{:keys [message-id receipt-handle body]}] (:messages (sqs/receive-message {:queue-url (:requests-queue-url env)
+    (let [[{:keys [message-id receipt-handle body]}] (:messages (sqs/receive-message {:queue-url queue-url 
+                                                                                      :wait-time-seconds 1
                                                                                       :count 1}))]
       (when message-id 
         (log/infof "processing message %s with body %s" message-id body )
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@
             (i/upsert-transactions)
             (catch Exception e
               (log/error e))))
-        (sqs/delete-message {:queue-url (:requests-queue-url env)
+        (sqs/delete-message {:queue-url queue-url
                              :receipt-handle receipt-handle} )))))
 
 (defn fake-message []
@@ -28,5 +31,5 @@
                      :message-body ":intuit"} ))
 
 (mount/defstate request-listener
-  :start (scheduler/every (* 1000 5) process-1)
+  :start (scheduler/every (* 1000 30) process-1)
   :stop (scheduler/stop request-listener))