diff --git a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/lib/discourse_narrative_bot/actions.rb b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/lib/discourse_narrative_bot/actions.rb
index f69ed8834c3..67a5a8cde00 100644
--- a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/lib/discourse_narrative_bot/actions.rb
+++ b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/lib/discourse_narrative_bot/actions.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module DiscourseNarrativeBot
     end
 
     def fake_delay
-      sleep(rand(2..3)) if Rails.env.production?
+      sleep(rand(1.0..2.0)) if Rails.env.production?
     end
 
     def bot_mentioned?(post)