diff --git a/playbooks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/deploy.yml
index 1e35af0..8342bb7 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
         chdir: ~/OCI_Build/docker
       ignore_errors: yes
 
-    - name: Pause for 60 seconds to allow containers to stabilize
+    - name: Pause for 30 seconds to allow containers to stabilize
       ansible.builtin.pause:
-        seconds: 60
+        seconds: 30
 
     - name: Check container status
       ansible.builtin.shell: docker compose ps -q | xargs -n1 docker container inspect --format '{{ "{{" }} .State.Running {{ "}}" }}'