diff --git a/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js b/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
index 065f626..8c0c457 100644
--- a/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
+++ b/app/helpers/fetchWrapper.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const fetch = async (url, options = {}) => {
   const urlAdaptedForScraping = USE_SCRAPER_API
     ? `${SCRAPER_API_BASE_URL}?api_key=${SCRAPER_API_KEY}&url=${urlToFetchThroughAPI}`
     : url;
-  const randomPauseMS = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(500));
+  const randomPauseMS = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(1500)) + 500;
   await timeout(randomPauseMS);
   return nodeFetch(urlAdaptedForScraping, newOptions);
 };