diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 042d0bb..4f4eea3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ARG GIT_BRANCH=master
 ENV CRON_SCHEDULE="0 0,12 * * *"
 ENV API_URL="https://iptv-org.github.io/api"
 ENV DAYS=14
+ENV DELAY=0
 ENV MAX_CONNECTIONS=10
 ENV ENABLE_FIXES=false
 ARG BIN_FOLDER=/bin
@@ -57,5 +58,5 @@ RUN chmod +x "$START_SCRIPT" \
   && apk del git curl \
   && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
-ENTRYPOINT bash $START_SCRIPT chron-schedule="$CRON_SCHEDULE" work-dir="$WORKDIR" days="$DAYS" max_connections="$MAX_CONNECTIONS" enable_fixes="$ENABLE_FIXES" api_url="$API_URL"
+ENTRYPOINT bash $START_SCRIPT chron-schedule="$CRON_SCHEDULE" work-dir="$WORKDIR" days="$DAYS" delay=$DELAY max_connections="$MAX_CONNECTIONS" enable_fixes="$ENABLE_FIXES" api_url="$API_URL"
 EXPOSE 3000
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41a3194..872b3b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ It is recommended that you take existing provider code as a base for your custom
 |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 | CRON_SCHEDULE                 | CRON expression describing the recurrence for epg retrieval.               | `0 0,12 * * *`                   |            
 | DAYS                          | Describes the desired amount of days in the future for for epg retrieval.  | 14                               |
+| DELAY                         | Delay between requests in milliseconds                                     | 0                                |
 | MAX_CONNECTIONS               | The maximum amount of parallel connections that can be established         | 10                               |
 | ENABLE_FIXES                  | Some fixes to providers take a long time to be merged into the main branch.<br>When this option is enabled some of these fixes will also be included.<br>The source code for these fixes can be seen under the `fixes` folder.<br> Recreate the container when changing this variable in order for it to take effect  | false            |
 | API_URL                       | The endpoint where channel information will be grabbed                     | `https://iptv-org.github.io/api` |
@@ -211,4 +212,6 @@ Sometimes a new version of this image will be bound to the same source commit. T
 - 1.0.59
   [04-04-2025](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/commit/4df25c92bcad1e4892640f532eae71cf9f5e7b95)<br>Includes fixes for new configuration changes
 - 1.0.60
-  [04-07-2025](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/commit/7e1fbcbe154f4efd5c81341351cceb06f71b79a0)
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+  [04-07-2025](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/commit/7e1fbcbe154f4efd5c81341351cceb06f71b79a0)
+- 1.0.61
+  [04-07-2025](https://github.com/iptv-org/epg/commit/7e1fbcbe154f4efd5c81341351cceb06f71b79a0)<br>Add delay option
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diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index fa2470e..6d2f3c4 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
       chron-schedule=*) chron_schedule="${arg#*=}" ;;
       work-dir=*) work_dir="${arg#*=}" ;;
       days=*) days="${arg#*=}" ;;
+      delay=*) delay="${arg#*=}" ;;
       max_connections=*) max_connections="${arg#*=}" ;;
       enable_fixes=*) enable_fixes="${arg#*=}" ;;
 	   api_url=*) api_url="${arg#*=}" ;;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ echo "chron_schedule : ${chron_schedule}"
 cd $work_dir
 echo "working dir : " $(pwd)
 echo "days : ${days}"
+echo "delay : ${delay}"
 echo "max_connections : ${max_connections}"
 echo "enable_fixes : ${enable_fixes}"
 echo "api url : ${api_url}"
@@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ fi
 sed -i -E "s/(https:\x2f\x2fiptv-org.github.io\x2fapi$\123filename\125)/$api_url$\123filename\125/g" $work_dir/scripts/core/apiClient.ts
 ln -s $work_dir/guide.xml /public/guide.xml
 ln -s $work_dir/guide.xml.gz /public/guide.xml.gz
-pm2-runtime pm2.config.js --name epg --node-args="--no-autorestart --cron-restart="$chron_schedule" --maxConnections=$max_connections --days=$days"  
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+pm2-runtime pm2.config.js --name epg --node-args="--no-autorestart --cron-restart="$chron_schedule" --maxConnections=$max_connections --days=$days --delay=$delay"  
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