diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.selenium.test/src/com/sap/sailing/selenium/pages/PageObject.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.selenium.test/src/com/sap/sailing/selenium/pages/PageObject.java
index 35ceb7c7b56..bbbdeb93ed1 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.selenium.test/src/com/sap/sailing/selenium/pages/PageObject.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.selenium.test/src/com/sap/sailing/selenium/pages/PageObject.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class PageObject {
     
     public static final int DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 120;
     
-    public static final int DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL = 5;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL = 1;
     
     private static final MessageFormat TAB_PANEL_EXPRESSION = new MessageFormat(
             ".//div[contains(@class, \"gwt-TabBarItem\")]/div[text()=\"{0}\"]/..");