diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59a5a15172579aa3450ea895f38c138e2cb80dc9..255c2b1d08d3d3a0f785ef9fc166f0ade4c8119e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Make all other modifications to the accounts you would like to interact with, an
 
 You will need the [Requests](http://www.python-requests.org/en/latest/), [Requests-OAuthlib](https://requests-oauthlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), and [BeautifulSoup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/) libraries. If you have [Pipenv](https://pipenv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), you can install them by running the command ```pipenv install``` inside the folder; otherwise, run ```pip install -r requirements.txt```.
 
-Add your API keys and access tokens to your environmental variables by following [these instructions](https://java.com/en/download/help/path.xml). Then, just run ```python xkcd_alt.py``` in your command line and let it run! The bot respects the Twitter API limits, and will run every 60 seconds as long as the command line is open.
+Add your API keys and access tokens to your environmental variables by following [these instructions](https://java.com/en/download/help/path.xml). Then, just run ```python xkcd_alt.py``` in your command line and let it run! The bot respects the Twitter API limits, and will run every 15 seconds as long as the command line is open.
 
 ### --> Running on Heroku
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $ git push heroku master
 $ heroku ps:scale worker=1
 ```
 
-You should also install the [Logentries addon](https://elements.heroku.com/addons/logentries) to notify yourself of errors or crashes. The standard pattern for error messages is ```Entering log protection mode.```
+The program will now run once every 15 seconds. You should also install the [Logentries addon](https://elements.heroku.com/addons/logentries) to notify yourself of errors or crashes. The standard pattern for error messages is ```Entering log protection mode.```
 
 ## Forks and Contributing
 
diff --git a/xkcd_alt.py b/xkcd_alt.py
index 7fcd4fb99c380c2a33043c516dada2b289725207..e4dcf33b5dae61d9e25f61419fd1c0734c0be9a4 100644
--- a/xkcd_alt.py
+++ b/xkcd_alt.py
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ while True: # Initialize main account loop
     if original_tweet == 'crash':
         crash()
     elif original_tweet is None:
-        print('No new comics found. Sleeping for 60 seconds...')
-        time.sleep(60)
+        print('No new comics found. Sleeping for 15 seconds...')
+        time.sleep(15)
         continue
     else: # Retrieve text
         [body, num_tweets] = retrieve_text(original_tweet['entities']['urls'][0]['expanded_url'])
@@ -228,6 +228,6 @@ while True: # Initialize main account loop
 
         else: # Successful Tweet
             del result
-            print('Sleeping for 60 seconds...')
-            time.sleep(60)
+            print('Sleeping for 15 seconds...')
+            time.sleep(15)
             continue
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