diff --git a/src/github.py b/src/github.py
index 7444974..54d51d5 100644
--- a/src/github.py
+++ b/src/github.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+from time import sleep
 
 from src import requests
 
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ def fetch_pull_requests(self, after_cursor: str = None):
             except Exception as e:
                 print(e, data)
                 print(f"Could not get GraphQL result, retrying with count: {count}")
+                sleep(60/count)
 
         if "data" not in data:
             raise RuntimeError("Could not get pull request info from GraphQL after three tries")