diff --git a/lib/api.js b/lib/api.js
index 7bbd156..9f9fc3e 100644
--- a/lib/api.js
+++ b/lib/api.js
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ async function queue_processor() {
 				await new Promise(resolve => bus.once('send', resolve));
 				busy = true;
 			}
+			const before = new Date();
 			await send_this(queue.dequeue().element);
-			await sleep(400); // 333 should work, but 400 should still allow some manual requests to go through during development
+			const duration = new Date() - before;
+			console.log(before.toISOString(), new Date().toISOString(), duration);
+			if (duration < 400) { // 333 should work, but 400 should still allow some manual requests to go through during development
+				await sleep(400 - duration);
+			}
 		} catch (e) {
 			running = false;
 			throw e;