diff --git a/app/xml_cdr/resources/service/xml_cdr.php b/app/xml_cdr/resources/service/xml_cdr.php
index 3eb64013b9..bbf0d99801 100644
--- a/app/xml_cdr/resources/service/xml_cdr.php
+++ b/app/xml_cdr/resources/service/xml_cdr.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 			$database->connect();
 
 			//sleep for a moment
-			usleep(100000);
+			sleep(3);
 		}
 
 		//find and process cdr records