diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 86cff2b..3c57178 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/CyCoreSystems/ipassign/internal/annotation"
 	"github.com/CyCoreSystems/ipassign/internal/constants"
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ var testMode bool
 
 var log *zap.SugaredLogger
 
+var watchLoopShortCycleBuffer = 2 * time.Second
+
 func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&testMode, "test", false, "test mode will not update associations")
 	flag.StringVar(&ipTagKey, "ipTagKey", "voice", "key name by which the potential Elastic IPs will be tagged")
@@ -108,6 +111,10 @@ func main() {
 		} else {
 			log.Warnw("watch exited", "error", err)
 		}
+
+		if ctx.Err() == nil {
+			time.Sleep(watchLoopShortCycleBuffer)
+		}
 	}
 	os.Exit(1)
 }