diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index dc07b74..6b9d66a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'com.nucleodb'
-version = '1.14.7'
+version = '1.14.8'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/connection/ModQueueHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/connection/ModQueueHandler.java
index eb74582..0f6dc0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/connection/ModQueueHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/connection/ModQueueHandler.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public void run() {
       }
       try {
         if(overkillCheck) {
-          Thread.sleep(100);
+          Thread.sleep(5L);
           overkillCheck = false;
         } else {
           synchronized (modqueue) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/table/ModQueueHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/table/ModQueueHandler.java
index d8874f5..d4b2801 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/table/ModQueueHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nucleodb/library/database/tables/table/ModQueueHandler.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public void run() {
       }
       try {
         if(overkillCheck) {
-          Thread.sleep(100);
+          Thread.sleep(5L);
           overkillCheck = false;
         } else {
           synchronized (modqueue) {