diff --git a/batchspawner/batchspawner.py b/batchspawner/batchspawner.py
index f47f6537..789e90e5 100644
--- a/batchspawner/batchspawner.py
+++ b/batchspawner/batchspawner.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ async def progress(self):
                 await yield_({
                     "message": "Unknown status...",
                 })
-            await gen.sleep(.1)
+            await gen.sleep(1)
 
 class BatchSpawnerRegexStates(BatchSpawnerBase):
     """Subclass of BatchSpawnerBase that uses config-supplied regular expressions