diff --git a/backend/__init__.py b/backend/__init__.py
index 07fdcdb1..fcb39244 100644
--- a/backend/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/__init__.py
@@ -874,20 +874,25 @@ def ticker_thread_check_time_launch_checks():
         # Look at the dataset, find a stale watch to process
 
         # Every minute check for new UUIDs to follow up on, should be inside the loop incase it changes.
-        minutes = datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check']
 
-        threshold = time.time() - (minutes * 60)
         for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
 
-            # If they supplied an individual entry minutes to recheck and its not the same as the default
-            if 'minutes_between_check' in watch and minutes != watch['minutes_between_check']:
-                threshold = time.time() - (watch['minutes_between_check'] * 60)
+            # If they supplied an individual entry minutes to threshold.
+            if 'minutes_between_check' in watch:
+                max_time = watch['minutes_between_check'] * 60
+            else:
+                # Default system wide.
+                max_time = datastore.data['settings']['requests']['minutes_between_check'] * 60
+
+            threshold = time.time() - max_time
 
+            # Yeah, put it in the queue, it's more than time.
             if not watch['paused'] and watch['last_checked'] <= threshold:
                 if not uuid in running_uuids and uuid not in update_q.queue:
                     update_q.put(uuid)
 
-            time.sleep(0.1)
+        # Wait a few seconds before checking the list again
+        time.sleep(3)
 
         # Should be low so we can break this out in testing
         app.config.exit.wait(1)