diff --git a/converter.py b/converter.py
index d8ed547..72d593e 100644
--- a/converter.py
+++ b/converter.py
@@ -134,16 +134,17 @@ class Handler(watchdog.events.PatternMatchingEventHandler):
 
         fileExists = False
         timeout = 0
+        
         while not fileExists:
             fileExists = os.path.isfile(event.src_path)
-            time.sleep(1)
+            time.sleep(5)
             timeout += 1
 
             if timeout > 60:
                 logging.error('Timeout waiting for file {} to exist. Aborting processing.'.format(event.src_path))
                 return
         
-        historicalSize = -1
+        
         while (historicalSize != os.path.getsize(event.src_path)):
             logging.info('waiting for copy to finish....')
             historicalSize = os.path.getsize(event.src_path)