diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Transports.PostgreSql/QueueLengthProvider.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Transports.PostgreSql/QueueLengthProvider.cs
index 28b4fdea4b..743f31e7e1 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Transports.PostgreSql/QueueLengthProvider.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Transports.PostgreSql/QueueLengthProvider.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ async Task UpdateChunk(NpgsqlConnection connection, KeyValuePair<PostgreSqlTable
 
     static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger<QueueLengthProvider>();
 
-    static readonly TimeSpan QueryDelayInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+    static readonly TimeSpan QueryDelayInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200);
 
     const int QueryChunkSize = 10;
 }
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diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Transports.SqlServer/QueueLengthProvider.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Transports.SqlServer/QueueLengthProvider.cs
index fe06db3da6..bfcd15062e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Transports.SqlServer/QueueLengthProvider.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Transports.SqlServer/QueueLengthProvider.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async Task UpdateChunk(SqlConnection connection, KeyValuePair<SqlTable, int>[] c
 
         static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger<QueueLengthProvider>();
 
-        static readonly TimeSpan QueryDelayInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+        static readonly TimeSpan QueryDelayInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200);
 
         const int QueryChunkSize = 10;
     }