diff --git a/packages/zcli-themes/src/lib/pollJobStatus.ts b/packages/zcli-themes/src/lib/pollJobStatus.ts
index 31b0caba..f0f69b16 100644
--- a/packages/zcli-themes/src/lib/pollJobStatus.ts
+++ b/packages/zcli-themes/src/lib/pollJobStatus.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { request } from '@zendesk/zcli-core'
 import * as chalk from 'chalk'
 import validationErrorsToString from './validationErrorsToString'
 
-export default async function pollJobStatus (themePath: string, jobId: string, interval = 1000, retries = 10): Promise<void> {
+export default async function pollJobStatus (themePath: string, jobId: string, interval = 2000, retries = 10): Promise<void> {
   CliUx.ux.action.start('Polling job status')
 
   while (retries) {