diff --git a/src/test/tomee-plume/conf/server.xml b/src/test/tomee-plume/conf/server.xml
index 554c927..4715bd1 100644
--- a/src/test/tomee-plume/conf/server.xml
+++ b/src/test/tomee-plume/conf/server.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <!-- You should set jvmRoute to support load-balancing via AJP ie :
     <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="jvm1">
     -->
-    <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">
+    <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" backgroundProcessorDelay="1">
 
       <!--For clustering, please take a look at documentation at:
           /docs/cluster-howto.html  (simple how to)