diff --git a/subs b/subs
index 14acb40..d634364 100755
--- a/subs
+++ b/subs
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ get_vids() {
     # creation date
     data=${data#*\<\/published\>}
 
+    # trim off outer <name> tags
     chan=${data%%</name*}
     chan=${chan##*name>}
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ update_subs() {
         count=$(( count + 1 ))
         printf 'starting job [%s/%s] for %s\n' "$count" "$total" "$link"
         get_vids "$link" &
-        sleep 0.05
+        sleep 0.1
     done <"$SUBS_LINKS"
 
     count=0