diff --git a/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/mapzen/qps.py b/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/mapzen/qps.py
index e44153b..2c7101c 100644
--- a/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/mapzen/qps.py
+++ b/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/mapzen/qps.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class QPSService:
 
     def retry(self, first_request_time, retry_count):
         elapsed = datetime.now() - first_request_time
-        if elapsed.seconds > self._retry_timeout:
+        if elapsed.microseconds  > (self._retry_timeout * 1000.0):
             raise TimeoutException()
 
         # inverse qps * (1.5 ^ i) is an increased sleep time of 1.5x per
diff --git a/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/test/test_qps.py b/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/test/test_qps.py
index b7c576a..014c510 100644
--- a/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/test/test_qps.py
+++ b/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/test/test_qps.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class TestQPS(TestCase):
 
     def test_qps_timeout(self, req_mock):
         class TestClass:
-            @qps_retry(timeout=1)
+            @qps_retry(timeout=0.001, qps=100)
             def test(self):
                 response = requests.get('http://localhost/test_qps')
                 if response.status_code == 429: