diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 0e5f063..c681307 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use tokio::{
     fs::{create_dir_all, remove_file, File},
     io::copy,
+    time::{sleep, Duration},
 };
 
 /// Generate associative table between media ids and tweet extended entities
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ pub async fn generate_media_ids(
 /// Wait on uploaded medias when necessary
 async fn wait_until_uploaded(client: &Mastodon, id: &str) -> Result<String, error::Error> {
     loop {
+        sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
         let res = client.get_media(id.to_string()).await;
         return match res {
             Ok(res) => Ok(res.json.id),