diff --git a/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php b/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php
index fd79a598da69..4ea61fa3d2bc 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Mail/GmailTransport.php
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class GmailTransport extends AbstractTransport
             /* Need to slow down */
             if($e->getCode() == '429') {
 
-                sleep(rand(5,10));
                 nlog("429 google - retrying ");
                 $service->users_messages->send('me', $body, []);
 
diff --git a/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php b/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php
index f7bcf5a8f326..306213cb3079 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class NinjaMailerJob implements ShouldQueue
 
     public function backoff()
     {
-        return [30, 60, 180, 240];
+        return [5, 10, 30, 240];
     }
 
     public function handle()
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ class NinjaMailerJob implements ShouldQueue
                 $message->getHeaders()->addTextHeader('gmailtoken', $token);     
              });
 
-        sleep(rand(1,3));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ class NinjaMailerJob implements ShouldQueue
 
             $google->getClient()->setAccessToken(json_encode($user->oauth_user_token));
 
-            sleep(rand(1,6));
         }
         catch(\Exception $e) {
             $this->logMailError('Gmail Token Invalid', $this->company->clients()->first());
diff --git a/app/Services/Email/EmailMailer.php b/app/Services/Email/EmailMailer.php
index 897c69d2a6b3..6d885db2db28 100644
--- a/app/Services/Email/EmailMailer.php
+++ b/app/Services/Email/EmailMailer.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class EmailMailer implements ShouldQueue
 
     public function backoff()
     {
-        return [30, 60, 180, 240];
+        return [10, 30, 60, 240];
     }
 
     public function handle(): void
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ class EmailMailer implements ShouldQueue
                 $message->getHeaders()->addTextHeader('gmailtoken', $token);     
              });
 
-        sleep(rand(1,3));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -406,7 +405,6 @@ class EmailMailer implements ShouldQueue
 
             $google->getClient()->setAccessToken(json_encode($user->oauth_user_token));
 
-            sleep(rand(2,4));
         }
         catch(\Exception $e) {
             $this->logMailError('Gmail Token Invalid', $this->email_service->company->clients()->first());
diff --git a/tests/Feature/BaseApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/BaseApiTest.php
index b624387a3963..77428b065318 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/BaseApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/BaseApiTest.php
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class BaseApiTest extends TestCase
             'X-API-SECRET' => config('ninja.api_secret'),
             'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->low_token,
         ])->get('/api/v1/companies/'.$this->company->hashed_id)
-          ->assertStatus(401);
+          ->assertStatus(403);
 
     }