diff --git a/test/test_sams_proxy.py b/test/test_sams_proxy.py
index be4b29dbf3f6b9d99b1846877ce764e1f0986828..1a4c8fe804c8baa50a7875091d9a82c2d9183c33 100644
--- a/test/test_sams_proxy.py
+++ b/test/test_sams_proxy.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ class TestSAMSHub(unittest.TestCase):
     #apiApp.config['TESTING'] = True
     thApi = FlaskInThread(apiApp, host="localhost", port=4711)
     thApi.start()
-    time.sleep(1)
+    time.sleep(0.01)
    
   def tearDown(self):
     response = requests.get('http://localhost:4711/shutdown')
     print(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
-    time.sleep(1)
+    time.sleep(0.01)
   
   def test_proxy_spec_mandatory (self):
     """ SAMSProxy needs a proxy_spec dict, raies error if not supplied"""