diff --git a/scripts/format.js b/scripts/format.js
index 3a669d0d40..e5d5d040fb 100644
--- a/scripts/format.js
+++ b/scripts/format.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ program
   .option('-r, --resolution', 'Detect stream resolution')
   .option('-c, --country <country>', 'Comma-separated list of country codes', '')
   .option('-e, --exclude <exclude>', 'Comma-separated list of country codes to be excluded', '')
+  .option('--delay <delay>', 'Set delay for each request', 0)
   .option('--timeout <timeout>', 'Set timeout for each request', 5000)
   .parse(process.argv)
 
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ async function updatePlaylist(playlist) {
         .catch(err => {
           if (config.debug) log.print(`  ERR: ${channel.url} (${err.message})\n`)
         })
+
+      await utils.sleep(config.delay)
     }
     if (!config.debug) bar.tick()
   }
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/utils.js b/scripts/helpers/utils.js
index f0d9b3e50d..3866ae4cae 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers/utils.js
@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@ utils.filterPlaylists = function (arr, include = '', exclude = '') {
   return arr
 }
 
+utils.sleep = function (ms) {
+  return function (x) {
+    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(x), ms))
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = utils