diff --git a/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js b/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
index a6fd4b4..8c0c457 100644
--- a/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
+++ b/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
@@ -6,14 +6,8 @@ const {
   SCRAPER_API_BASE_URL
 } = require("../config/appConfig");
 
-const async timeout = (method, ms) => {
-    console.error("Waiting for ", ms);
-    return new Promise(resolve => { 
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        await method();
-        resolve();
-      }, ms); 
-    });
+const timeout = (ms) => {
+    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
 
 const fetch = async (url, options = {}) => {
@@ -32,7 +26,8 @@ const fetch = async (url, options = {}) => {
     ? `${SCRAPER_API_BASE_URL}?api_key=${SCRAPER_API_KEY}&url=${urlToFetchThroughAPI}`
     : url;
   const randomPauseMS = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(1500)) + 500;
-  return timeout(() => {  nodeFetch(urlAdaptedForScraping, newOptions); }, randomPauseMS); 
+  await timeout(randomPauseMS);
+  return nodeFetch(urlAdaptedForScraping, newOptions);
 };
 
 module.exports = fetch;