diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py
index af6a44ab461ca689fbb46a3c2d03b8dabc370224..f26ba5b52d52a9b1713fdf93583f08cb1945cdbe 100755
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class IngestPipeline():
         break  
       retry += 1
       if retry < times:
-        wait_time = 1 #random.randint(30, 60) * retry
+        wait_time = random.randint(30, 60) * retry
         self.logger.debug('waiting %d seconds before trying %s again' % (wait_time, self.JobId))
         time.sleep(wait_time)
     if error: