diff --git a/eddy/runEddy b/eddy/runEddy
index f62eb94b85efc4eb6391dc9b757cf5fd28a4a507..4254d030e5639bbfbe1aac5de44e74613a26bcb5 100755
--- a/eddy/runEddy
+++ b/eddy/runEddy
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${SGE_ROOT}" ]; then
     if [ $tmp -eq 0 ]; then
       break
     fi
-    sleep 5m
+    sleep 1m
   done
 fi