diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/nzbmatrix.py b/sickbeard/providers/nzbmatrix.py
index 793b036f527adf69570f390447f4522c285a9f00..4202a801063592c14096c3054ce90571d655d73c 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/nzbmatrix.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/nzbmatrix.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ def _doSearch(curString, quality):
 
 	logger.log("Search string: " + searchURL, logger.DEBUG)
 
-	logger.log("Sleeping 60 seconds to respect NZBMatrix's API rules")
-	time.sleep(60)
+	logger.log("Sleeping 10 seconds to respect NZBMatrix's API rules")
+	time.sleep(10)
 	f = urllib.urlopen(searchURL)
 	searchResult = "".join(f.readlines())
 	f.close()