diff --git a/e621/client.go b/e621/client.go
index 31bed82..1558eed 100644
--- a/e621/client.go
+++ b/e621/client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package e621
 
 import (
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	apiKey   string
 	username string
 	client   *http.Client
+	limiter  *rate.Limiter
 }
 
 // NewClient creates a new e621 API client.
@@ -21,5 +23,6 @@ func NewClient(apiKey string, username string) *Client {
 		apiKey:   apiKey,
 		username: username,
 		client:   &http.Client{},
+		limiter:  rate.NewLimiter(1, 2),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/e621/request.go b/e621/request.go
index 2ee1668..c43205b 100644
--- a/e621/request.go
+++ b/e621/request.go
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 package e621
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 )
 
 func ExecuteGetAPIRequest[dataType any](c *Client, URIPath string) (*dataType, error) {
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	var err error
+	c.limiter.Wait(context.Background())
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", baseURL, URIPath)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5ce0f67..3f4653e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cb4c7a3..64d991e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0 h1:4G4v2dO3VZwixGIRoQ5Lfboy6nUhCyYzaqnIAPPhYs4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
+golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 h1:rg5rLMjNzMS1RkNLzCG38eapWhnYLFYXDXj2gOlr8j4=
+golang.org/x/time v0.3.0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=