diff --git a/redash/query_runner/big_query.py b/redash/query_runner/big_query.py
index 4ccef53244..88a31b7b2c 100644
--- a/redash/query_runner/big_query.py
+++ b/redash/query_runner/big_query.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def _get_query_results(jobs, project_id, location, job_id, start_index):
     ).execute()
     logging.debug("query_reply %s", query_reply)
     if not query_reply["jobComplete"]:
-        time.sleep(10)
+        time.sleep(1)
         return _get_query_results(jobs, project_id, location, job_id, start_index)
 
     return query_reply