diff --git a/add-users-keycloak-api.py b/add-users-keycloak-api.py
index fc63ef1..fdd7e02 100755
--- a/add-users-keycloak-api.py
+++ b/add-users-keycloak-api.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import json
 from os import environ
 from os.path import exists
 from pathlib import Path
+from time import sleep
 
 from keycloak import KeycloakAdmin
 
@@ -71,4 +72,7 @@ for email in emails:
             print("Bailing out on request...")
             exit(1)
 
+    print("Sleeping one second to not overload the server...")
+    sleep(1)
+
 print(f"Final user account count: {keycloak.users_count()}")