diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/Worker.cs b/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/Worker.cs
index 525275bc..f15c02ba 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/Worker.cs
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/Worker.cs
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ namespace EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost;
 public class Worker : BackgroundService
 {
     private readonly ILogger<Worker> _logger;
+    private readonly int _delayMilliseconds;
 
-    public Worker(ILogger<Worker> logger)
+    public Worker(ILogger<Worker> logger, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
         _logger = logger;
+        _delayMilliseconds = Math.Max(1, configuration.GetValue("Worker:DelayMilliseconds", 1000));
     }
 
     protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ public class Worker : BackgroundService
             {
                 _logger.LogInformation("Worker running at: {time}", DateTimeOffset.Now);
             }
-            await Task.Delay(1000, stoppingToken);
+            await Task.Delay(_delayMilliseconds, stoppingToken);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/appsettings.json b/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/appsettings.json
index 10f68b8c..5cc1e1ea 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/appsettings.json
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.ServiceHost/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
+  "Worker": {
+    "DelayMilliseconds": 1000
+  },
   "AllowedHosts": "*"
 }