diff --git a/packages/nexrender-worker/src/bin.js b/packages/nexrender-worker/src/bin.js
index 3e540f34..61a010d7 100644
--- a/packages/nexrender-worker/src/bin.js
+++ b/packages/nexrender-worker/src/bin.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const args = arg({
     '--tolerate-empty-queues':  Number,
     '--stop-at-time':           String,
     '--stop-days':              String,
+    '--wait-between-jobs':      Number,
 
     '--skip-cleanup':           Boolean,
     '--skip-render':            Boolean,
@@ -126,15 +127,15 @@ if (args['--help']) {
     --tolerate-empty-queues                 worker will check an empty queue this many times before exiting (if that option has
                                             been set using --exit-on-empty-queues). Defaults to zero. If specified will be used instead of
                                             NEXRENDER_TOLERATE_EMPTY_QUEUES env variable
-                                            
+
     --stop-at-time                          worker will exit at the given time if given.
-                                            example: 5:00 will stop at 5 am local time.  
-    
+                                            example: 5:00 will stop at 5 am local time.
+
     --stop-days                             comma separated list of weekdays when to stop. Must be used together with --stop-at-time
                                             0 is sunday, 6 is saturday
                                             example: --stop-at-time=5:00 stop-days=1,2,3,4,5
-                                            will stop at 5 am but not on weekend                                          
-                                            
+                                            will stop at 5 am but not on weekend
+
     --no-license                            prevents creation of the ae_render_only_node.txt file (enabled by default),
                                             which allows free usage of trial version of Adobe After Effects
 
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ if (args['--help']) {
     --polling                               amount of miliseconds to wait before checking queued projects from the api,
                                             if specified will be used instead of NEXRENDER_API_POLLING env variable
 
+    --wait-between-jobs                     amount of miliseconds to wait before checking queued projects from the api
+
     --header                                Define custom header that the worker will use to communicate with nexrender-server.
                                             Accepted format follows curl or wget request header definition,
                                             eg. --header="Some-Custom-Header: myCustomValue".
@@ -178,8 +181,8 @@ if (args['--help']) {
     --aerender-parameter, --ae              forward parameter to aerender (see Adobe site). Parameters with arguments have to be
                                             enclosed in single quotes. For example:
                                             nexrender --aerender-parameter 'close SAVE_CHANGES' --ae 'i 10' job.json
-                                            
-    --language                              language of local after effects installation. currently only en and de are supported                                        
+
+    --language                              language of local after effects installation. currently only en and de are supported
 
 
   {bold ENV VARS}
@@ -234,6 +237,7 @@ opt('tolerateEmptyQueues',  '--tolerate-empty-queues');
 opt('exitOnEmptyQueue',     '--exit-on-empty-queue');
 opt('stopAtTime',           '--stop-at-time');
 opt('stopDays',             '--stop-days');
+opt('waitBetweenJobs',      '--wait-between-jobs');
 opt('maxMemoryPercent',     '--max-memory-percent');
 opt('imageCachePercent',    '--image-cache-percent');
 opt('polling',              '--polling');
diff --git a/packages/nexrender-worker/src/instance.js b/packages/nexrender-worker/src/instance.js
index 0a80cd65..47e3cc83 100644
--- a/packages/nexrender-worker/src/instance.js
+++ b/packages/nexrender-worker/src/instance.js
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ const createWorker = () => {
                     console.log(`[${job.uid}] continue listening next job...`)
                 }
             }
+
+            if (settings.waitBetweenJobs) {
+                await delay(settings.waitBetweenJobs);
+            }
         } while (active)
     }