diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 944bad7..c14f79e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
-# Shepherd for The @ Company swarms
+# Shepherd for the Atsign swarms
 
 ## Instructions
 
 Edit 
 
-`shepherd.yaml`
+```
+shepherd.yaml
+```
 
 Run 
 
-`docker stack deploy --compose-file shepherd.yaml shepherd`
+```
+docker stack deploy --compose-file shepherd.yaml shepherd
+```
 
 Check the logs
 
-`docker service logs -f shepherd_shepherd`
+```
+docker service logs -f shepherd_shepherd
+```
 
 Sit back a relax and let shepherd update your secondaries...
 
 ##
 
-# Shepherd
+# Shepherd (original README)
 
 [![Build Status](https://ci.strahlungsfrei.de/api/badges/djmaze/shepherd/status.svg)](https://ci.strahlungsfrei.de/djmaze/shepherd)
 [![Docker Stars](https://img.shields.io/docker/stars/mazzolino/shepherd.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/mazzolino/shepherd/) [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/mazzolino/shepherd.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/mazzolino/shepherd/)
@@ -27,13 +33,16 @@ A Docker swarm service for automatically updating your services whenever their b
 
 ## Usage
 
+```bash
     docker service create --name shepherd \
                           --constraint "node.role==manager" \
                           --mount type=bind,source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker.sock,ro \
                           mazzolino/shepherd
+```
 
 ## Or with docker-compose
 
+```yaml
     version: "3"
     services:
       ...
@@ -46,6 +55,7 @@ A Docker swarm service for automatically updating your services whenever their b
           placement:
             constraints:
             - node.role == manager
+```
 
 ### Configuration
 
diff --git a/shepherd b/shepherd
index c1d7bb7..76f7167 100755
--- a/shepherd
+++ b/shepherd
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ update_services() {
   local registry_password="$8"
   local registry_host="$9"
   local dont_wait="${10}"
+  local sleep_time="${11}"
   local detach_option=""
   local registry_auth=""
   local insecure_registry_flag=""
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ update_services() {
         currentImage=$(docker service inspect "$name" -f '{{.Spec.TaskTemplate.ContainerSpec.Image}}')
         if [ "$previousImage" == "$currentImage" ]; then
           logger "No updates to service $name!" "true"
+          logger "Sleeping $sleep_time before next service" "true"
+          sleep "$sleep_time"
         else
           logger "Service $name was updated!"
           if [[ "$apprise_sidecar_url" != "" ]]; then
@@ -162,11 +165,11 @@ main() {
   [[ "$ignorelist" != "" ]] && logger "Excluding services: $ignorelist"
 
   if [[ ${RUN_ONCE_AND_EXIT+x} ]]; then
-    update_services "$ignorelist" "$supports_detach_option" "$supports_registry_auth" "$supports_insecure_registry" "$supports_no_resolve_image" "$image_autoclean_limit" "$registry_user" "$registry_password" "$registry_host" "$dont_wait"
+    update_services "$ignorelist" "$supports_detach_option" "$supports_registry_auth" "$supports_insecure_registry" "$supports_no_resolve_image" "$image_autoclean_limit" "$registry_user" "$registry_password" "$registry_host" "$dont_wait" "$sleep_time"
   else
     while true; do
-      update_services "$ignorelist" "$supports_detach_option" "$supports_registry_auth" "$supports_insecure_registry" "$supports_no_resolve_image" "$image_autoclean_limit" "$registry_user" "$registry_password" "$registry_host" "$dont_wait"
-      logger "Sleeping $sleep_time before next update" "true"
+      update_services "$ignorelist" "$supports_detach_option" "$supports_registry_auth" "$supports_insecure_registry" "$supports_no_resolve_image" "$image_autoclean_limit" "$registry_user" "$registry_password" "$registry_host" "$dont_wait" "$sleep_time"
+      logger "Sleeping $sleep_time before next run" "true"
       sleep "$sleep_time"
     done
   fi