diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2361b40..df1744e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use llm_readability::extractor;
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use rss::Channel;
-use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use tokio::{task::JoinSet, time::sleep};
 use warp::Filter;
 
+const REQUEST_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
+
 async fn get_feed(url: String, client: &Client) -> Result<Channel> {
     let url = urlencoding::decode(&url)?.into_owned();
     let content = client.get(url).send().await?.bytes().await?;
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ fn get_domain(item: &rss::Item) -> Option<String> {
         .and_then(|parsed| parsed.domain().map(|domain| domain.to_string()))
 }
 
-async fn complete(channel: Channel, client: &Client) -> Result<Box<Channel>> {
+async fn complete(mut channel: Channel, client: &Client) -> Result<Box<Channel>> {
     let grouped: Vec<Vec<rss::Item>> = channel
         .items()
         .iter()
@@ -34,15 +36,16 @@ async fn complete(channel: Channel, client: &Client) -> Result<Box<Channel>> {
     for mut items in grouped.into_iter() {
         let client = client.clone();
         set.spawn(async move {
-            let mut wait_time = Duration::from_secs(0);
-            for item in &mut items {
-                tokio::time::sleep(wait_time).await;
+            for (index, item) in &mut items.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+                if index > 0 {
+                    sleep(REQUEST_DELAY).await;
+                }
+
                 if let Some(ref link) = item.link
                     && let Ok(content) = get_content(link, &client.clone()).await
                 {
                     item.set_description(content);
                 }
-                wait_time = Duration::from_secs(1);
             }
             items
         });
@@ -50,9 +53,8 @@ async fn complete(channel: Channel, client: &Client) -> Result<Box<Channel>> {
 
     let items: Vec<rss::Item> = set.join_all().await.concat();
 
-    let mut new_channel = channel.clone();
-    new_channel.set_items(items);
-    Ok(Box::new(new_channel))
+    channel.set_items(items);
+    Ok(Box::new(channel))
 }
 
 async fn get_content(link: &str, client: &Client) -> Result<String> {