diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/wait-network-online.service b/etc/systemd/system/wait-network-online.service
index 425e7a2..8693b0a 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/wait-network-online.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/wait-network-online.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=true
 TimeoutStartSec=15
 StandardOutput=null
-ExecStart=bash -c 'while ! ping -c 1 -w 1 rick.molgen.mpg.de; do sleep 1 ; done'
+ExecStart=bash -c 'while ! ping -c 1 -w 1 rick.molgen.mpg.de; do sleep 0.1 ; done'
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=network-online.target