diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 621f922e07340cae31119231e3d3e44f972478a2..c3e23fdc5043cf3a9128bdb8a2db6291c28cbf01 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ deploy-build-environment:
     - pod=$(oc get pods |grep simplejob${CI_PIPELINE_ID}|awk '{ print $1}')
     - oc rsync copy_folder $pod:/opt/app-root/src
     # when build job finishes get the logs
-    - while true; do x=$(oc get pods |grep simplejob${CI_PIPELINE_ID}|awk '{ print $3}');if [ $x != "Running" ]; then break; fi; sleep 10; done 
+    - while true; do x=$(oc get pods |grep simplejob${CI_PIPELINE_ID}|awk '{ print $3}');if [ $x != "Running" ]; then break; fi; sleep 1; done 
     - oc logs jobs/simplejob${CI_PIPELINE_ID} | tee log.txt
     # if spack install has failed, fail the pipeline
     - if [ $(cat log.txt |grep "Error:"|wc -l) -gt 1 ]; then exit 1;fi;