diff --git a/redis-statsd.py b/redis-statsd.py
index 168cf80..23b4ae6 100755
--- a/redis-statsd.py
+++ b/redis-statsd.py
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@ def linesplit(socket):
                 )
 
     out_sock.close()
-    time.sleep(10)
+    time.sleep(args.period)