diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e82930e..8369e23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check non-Medium/arXiv URLs
         run: |
           awesome_bot README.md --allow-redirect \
-          --request-delay 2 \
-          --set-timeout 10 \
+          --request-delay 0.2 \
+          --set-timeout 2 \
           --white-list medium.com,arxiv.org
       - name: Check Medium URLs
         run: |
           medium_urls=$(grep -Eo 'https?://[^[:space:]]+medium.com[^[:space:]]*' README.md)
           if [ ! -z "$medium_urls" ]; then
-            awesome_bot $medium_urls --allow-redirect --request-delay 5
+            echo "$medium_urls" | awesome_bot --allow-redirect --request-delay 5 --set-timeout 10 -
           else
             echo "No Medium URLs found"
           fi
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           arxiv_urls=$(grep -Eo 'https?://arxiv.org[^[:space:]]*' README.md)
           if [ ! -z "$arxiv_urls" ]; then
-            awesome_bot $arxiv_urls --allow-redirect --request-delay 15 --set-timeout 20
+            awesome_bot $arxiv_urls --allow-redirect --request-delay 30 --set-timeout 40
           else
             echo "No arXiv URLs found"
           fi