diff --git a/src/Console/Command/Sync/NowPlayingCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/Sync/NowPlayingCommand.php
index 0f882bd8f..28ad5a922 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/Sync/NowPlayingCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/Sync/NowPlayingCommand.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Console\Command\CommandAbstract;
 use App\Doctrine\ReloadableEntityManagerInterface;
 use App\Entity\Repository\StationRepository;
 use App\Entity\Station;
+use App\Environment;
 use App\Sync\NowPlaying\Task\BuildQueueTask;
 use App\Sync\NowPlaying\Task\NowPlayingTask;
 use Monolog\Logger;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ final class NowPlayingCommand extends CommandAbstract
         private readonly BuildQueueTask $buildQueueTask,
         private readonly NowPlayingTask $nowPlayingTask,
         private readonly Logger $logger,
+        private readonly Environment $environment
     ) {
         parent::__construct();
     }
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ final class NowPlayingCommand extends CommandAbstract
 
         $this->logger->info('Starting Now Playing sync task.');
 
-        $this->loop($station, $timeout);
+        $this->loop($station, $timeout, $this->environment->getNowPlayingDelayTime());
 
         $this->logger->info('Now Playing sync task complete.');
         $this->logger->popProcessor();
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ final class NowPlayingCommand extends CommandAbstract
         return 0;
     }
 
-    private function loop(Station $station, int $timeout): void
+    private function loop(Station $station, int $timeout, int $delay): void
     {
         $threshold = time() + $timeout;
 
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ final class NowPlayingCommand extends CommandAbstract
 
             $this->em->clear();
             gc_collect_cycles();
-            usleep(5000000);
+            sleep($delay);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Environment.php b/src/Environment.php
index 05168f528..287c839bb 100644
--- a/src/Environment.php
+++ b/src/Environment.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ final class Environment
 
     public const SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME = 'SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME';
     public const SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME = 'SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME';
+    public const NOW_PLAYING_DELAY_TIME = 'NOW_PLAYING_DELAY_TIME';
 
     public const LOG_LEVEL = 'LOG_LEVEL';
     public const SHOW_DETAILED_ERRORS = 'SHOW_DETAILED_ERRORS';
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ final class Environment
 
         self::SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME => 600,
         self::SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME => 1800,
+        self::NOW_PLAYING_DELAY_TIME => 5,
 
         self::PROFILING_EXTENSION_ENABLED => 0,
         self::PROFILING_EXTENSION_ALWAYS_ON => 0,
@@ -247,12 +249,23 @@ final class Environment
 
     public function getSyncShortExecutionTime(): int
     {
-        return (int)($this->data[self::SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME] ?? 600);
+        return (int)(
+            $this->data[self::SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME] ?? $this->defaults[self::SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME]
+        );
     }
 
     public function getSyncLongExecutionTime(): int
     {
-        return (int)($this->data[self::SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME] ?? 1800);
+        return (int)(
+            $this->data[self::SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME] ?? $this->defaults[self::SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME]
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function getNowPlayingDelayTime(): int
+    {
+        return (int)(
+            $this->data[self::NOW_PLAYING_DELAY_TIME] ?? $this->defaults[self::NOW_PLAYING_DELAY_TIME]
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Installer/EnvFiles/AzuraCastEnvFile.php b/src/Installer/EnvFiles/AzuraCastEnvFile.php
index f78fcc5cd..37d3c742d 100644
--- a/src/Installer/EnvFiles/AzuraCastEnvFile.php
+++ b/src/Installer/EnvFiles/AzuraCastEnvFile.php
@@ -183,22 +183,27 @@ final class AzuraCastEnvFile extends AbstractEnvFile
                     'default' => '128M',
                 ],
                 'PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME' => [
-                    'name' => __('PHP Script Maximum Execution Time'),
-                    'description' => __('(in seconds)'),
+                    'name' => __('PHP Script Maximum Execution Time (Seconds)'),
                     'default' => 30,
                 ],
                 Environment::SYNC_SHORT_EXECUTION_TIME => [
-                    'name' => __('Short Sync Task Execution Time'),
+                    'name' => __('Short Sync Task Execution Time (Seconds)'),
                     'description' => __(
                         'The maximum execution time (and lock timeout) for the 15-second, 1-minute and 5-minute synchronization tasks.'
                     ),
                 ],
                 Environment::SYNC_LONG_EXECUTION_TIME => [
-                    'name' => __('Long Sync Task Execution Time'),
+                    'name' => __('Long Sync Task Execution Time (Seconds)'),
                     'description' => __(
                         'The maximum execution time (and lock timeout) for the 1-hour synchronization task.',
                     ),
                 ],
+                Environment::NOW_PLAYING_DELAY_TIME => [
+                    'name' => __('Now Playing Delay Time (Seconds)'),
+                    'description' => __(
+                        'The delay between Now Playing checks for every station. Decrease for more frequent checks at the expense of performance; increase for less frequent checks but better performance (for large installations).'
+                    ),
+                ],
                 'PHP_FPM_MAX_CHILDREN' => [
                     'name' => __('Maximum PHP-FPM Worker Processes'),
                     'default' => 5,