diff --git a/jdbc-datasource/README.adoc b/jdbc-datasource/README.adoc
index b32eb02f..1f9cfaa3 100644
--- a/jdbc-datasource/README.adoc
+++ b/jdbc-datasource/README.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ and other general information.
 == Start the source and target databases
 
 All the commands in this example are expected to be run from the example directory, at the same level than the `pom.xml` file.
+[source,shell]
+----
+cd jdbc-datasource
+----
 
 In a first terminal, let's start the source database by executing the command below:
 
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ Or, if you don't have GraalVM installed, you can run the native executable build
 mvn package -Dnative -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true
 ----
 
-Either way, the resulting native executable could be start as below:
+Either way, the resulting native executable could be started as below:
 
 [source,shell]
 ----
diff --git a/jdbc-datasource/src/main/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcRoutes.java b/jdbc-datasource/src/main/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcRoutes.java
index 3afa3317..f5a22ca4 100644
--- a/jdbc-datasource/src/main/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcRoutes.java
+++ b/jdbc-datasource/src/main/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcRoutes.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
         reviewMapping.put("good", 0);
         reviewMapping.put("worst", -1);
 
-        from("timer://insertCamel?period=1000&repeatCount={{etl.timer.repeatcount}}")
+        from("timer://insertCamel?period=10000&repeatCount={{etl.timer.repeatcount}}")
                 .setBody().simple("DELETE FROM Target")
                 .to("jdbc:target_db")
                 .setBody().simple("SELECT * FROM Source")
diff --git a/jdbc-datasource/src/test/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcTest.java b/jdbc-datasource/src/test/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcTest.java
index 18b3de7e..f7a21fd1 100644
--- a/jdbc-datasource/src/test/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcTest.java
+++ b/jdbc-datasource/src/test/java/org/acme/jdbc/JdbcTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class JdbcTest {
 
     @Test
     public void etlBridgeShouldTransferValuesBetweenDatebases() {
-        await().atMost(30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS).pollDelay(500, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).until(() -> {
+        await().atMost(10L, TimeUnit.SECONDS).pollDelay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).until(() -> {
             String hotelReviews = RestAssured
                     .get("/getHotelReviews")
                     .then()