diff --git a/src/main/java/jasper/component/scheduler/Async.java b/src/main/java/jasper/component/scheduler/Async.java
index d0ace4f1..9458fe8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jasper/component/scheduler/Async.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jasper/component/scheduler/Async.java
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ String trackingQuery() {
 	}
 
 	@Scheduled(
-		fixedRateString = "${jasper.async-interval-min}",
-		initialDelayString = "${jasper.async-delay-min}",
-		timeUnit = TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+		fixedRateString = "${jasper.async-interval-sec}",
+		initialDelayString = "${jasper.async-delay-sec}",
+		timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
 	public void drainAsyncTask() {
 		if (tags.isEmpty() && responses.isEmpty()) return;
 		for (var origin : props.getScrapeOrigins()) drain(origin);
diff --git a/src/main/java/jasper/config/Props.java b/src/main/java/jasper/config/Props.java
index b0d44399..9b6ffef0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jasper/config/Props.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jasper/config/Props.java
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public class Props {
 	private int ingestMaxRetry = 5;
 	private String[] modSeals;
 	private String[] editorSeals;
-	private String asyncDelayMin = "2";
-	private String asyncIntervalMin = "0.3";
+	private String asyncDelaySec = "120";
+	private String asyncIntervalSec = "40";
 	/**
 	 * Whitelist origins to run async tasks on.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-dev.yml b/src/main/resources/config/application-dev.yml
index fd4ad2ad..a032df06 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application-dev.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-dev.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ server:
 jasper:
   replicate-delay-min: 0
   replicate-interval-min: 1
+  async-delay-sec: 0
+  async-interval-sec: 6
   scrape-delay-min: 5
   scrape-interval-min: 5
   # CORS is disabled by default on microservices, as you should access them through a gateway.
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application.yml b/src/main/resources/config/application.yml
index 62862e33..6fc6e588 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application.yml
@@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ jasper:
   ingest-max-retry: 5
   mod-seals: ['seal', '+seal', '_seal', '_moderated']
   editor-seals: ['plugin/qc']
-  replicate-delay-min: 0
+  replicate-delay-min: 20
   replicate-interval-min: 1
   replicate-origins: ['']
   max-replicate-batch: 5000
-  async-delay-min: 0
-  async-interval-min: 1
+  async-delay-sec: 120
+  async-interval-sec: 60
   async-origins: ['']
-  scrape-delay-min: 0
+  scrape-delay-min: 20
   scrape-interval-min: 1
   scrape-origins: ['']
   local-origin: ''