diff --git a/getdomains-install.sh b/getdomains-install.sh
index f80fcf0..2444c26 100755
--- a/getdomains-install.sh
+++ b/getdomains-install.sh
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ cat << 'EOF' >> /etc/init.d/getdomains
         else
             echo "GitHub is not available. Check the internet availability [$count]"
             count=$((count+1))
+            sleep 5
         fi
     done
 
diff --git a/templates/openwrt-getdomains.j2 b/templates/openwrt-getdomains.j2
index 5050402..95e3408 100644
--- a/templates/openwrt-getdomains.j2
+++ b/templates/openwrt-getdomains.j2
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ start () {
         else
             echo "GitHub is not available. Check the internet availability [$count]"
             count=$((count+1))
+            sleep 5
         fi
     done
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ start () {
         else
             echo "antifilter.download is not available. Check the internet availability [$count]"
             count=$((count+1))
+            sleep 5
         fi
     done