diff --git a/controlpanel/settings/common.py b/controlpanel/settings/common.py
index c946d0cdb..169e85040 100644
--- a/controlpanel/settings/common.py
+++ b/controlpanel/settings/common.py
@@ -551,14 +551,12 @@
 PRE_DEFINED_QUEUES = [IAM_QUEUE_NAME, S3_QUEUE_NAME, AUTH_QUEUE_NAME]
 CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE = DEFAULT_QUEUE
 SQS_REGION = os.environ.get("SQS_REGION", "eu-west-2")
-
 BROKER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS = {
     "polling_interval": 1,
     "region": SQS_REGION,
-    "wait_time_seconds": 20,
+    "wait_time_seconds": 0,
     "predefined_queues": {}
 }
-
 for queue in PRE_DEFINED_QUEUES:
     BROKER_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS['predefined_queues'][queue] = {
         'url': f'https://sqs.{SQS_REGION}.amazonaws.com/{AWS_DATA_ACCOUNT_ID}/{queue}',