diff --git a/scripts/format.js b/scripts/format.js
index e0083ddb91..20c7b22c8f 100644
--- a/scripts/format.js
+++ b/scripts/format.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ program
   .option('-d, --debug', 'Debug mode')
   .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>', 'Delay between parser requests', 0)
+  .option('--delay <delay>', 'Delay between parser requests', 1000)
   .option('--timeout <timeout>', 'Set timeout for each request', 5000)
   .parse(process.argv)