diff --git a/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/README.md b/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/README.md
index a4f14d29..20c78fd3 100644
--- a/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/README.md
+++ b/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Reload database and apply schemas from scratch
 make recreate_db
 ```
 Run the server and background fhe worker
+
+```
+cargo run -- --run-server --run-bg-worker --worker-polling-interval-ms 1000
 ```
-cargo run -- --run-server --run-bg-worker
-```
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diff --git a/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/daemon_cli.rs b/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/daemon_cli.rs
index 74fa069d..1bd23b86 100644
--- a/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/daemon_cli.rs
+++ b/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/daemon_cli.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[arg(long)]
     pub run_bg_worker: bool,
 
+    /// Polling interval for the background worker to fetch jobs
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 5000)]
+    pub worker_polling_interval_ms: u64,
+
     /// Generate fhe keys and exit
     #[arg(long)]
     pub generate_fhe_keys: bool,
diff --git a/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/tfhe_worker.rs b/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/tfhe_worker.rs
index 61acc5bc..ec72d975 100644
--- a/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/tfhe_worker.rs
+++ b/fhevm-engine/coprocessor/src/tfhe_worker.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async fn tfhe_worker_cycle(
                     WORK_ITEMS_NOTIFICATIONS_COUNTER.inc();
                     info!(target: "tfhe_worker", "Received work_available notification from postgres");
                 },
-                _ = tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(5000)) => {
+                _ = tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(args.worker_polling_interval_ms)) => {
                     WORK_ITEMS_POLL_COUNTER.inc();
                     info!(target: "tfhe_worker", "Polling the database for more work on timer");
                 },