diff --git a/python-pygithub/example.py b/python-pygithub/example.py
index 8a9c8fa..ec49752 100755
--- a/python-pygithub/example.py
+++ b/python-pygithub/example.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+import argparse
 import lib
 from datetime import datetime
 from time import sleep
 from yaml import load, SafeLoader
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--sleep", type=int, default=60 * 5, help="Number of seconds between requests"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
     with open('.config.yml') as config_file:
         config = load(config_file, Loader=SafeLoader)
     for meta in config.get('orgs', list()):
@@ -13,5 +20,5 @@
         while True:
             print(f"- TIMESTAMP: {datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}")
             print(f"- REPO OBJECT: {ghapi.org_repos()[0].full_name}\n")
-            sleep(5)
+            sleep(args.sleep)
     print('done')
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