diff --git a/cdx_toolkit/myrequests.py b/cdx_toolkit/myrequests.py
index 841de66..d3ce230 100644
--- a/cdx_toolkit/myrequests.py
+++ b/cdx_toolkit/myrequests.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def myrequests_get(url, params=None, headers=None, cdx=False, allow404=False):
     while retry:
         try:
             LOGGER.debug('getting %s %r', url, params)
-            time.sleep(3)
+            time.sleep(0.7)
             resp = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers,
                                 timeout=(30., 30.), allow_redirects=False)
             if cdx and resp.status_code in {400, 404}: