diff --git a/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/status.sh b/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/status.sh
index 92f932e1..7fc810b1 100755
--- a/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/status.sh
+++ b/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-lighthouse/scripts/status.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function inc_status() {
 
 echo -n "Waiting for ${STATUSES[$STATUS]}..."
 while [ $STATUS -lt ${#STATUSES[@]} ]; do
-  sleep 2
+  sleep 1
   echo -n "."
   case $STATUS in
     0)