diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50d26b5c..526dab36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [PR #320](https://github.com/nf-core/fetchngs/pull/320) - Update module multiqc_mappings_config and sratools/prefetch for TES compliance
 - [PR #320](https://github.com/nf-core/fetchngs/pull/320) - Refactor workflow tests
 - [PR #323](https://github.com/nf-core/fetchngs/pull/323) - Template update for nf-core/tools v3.0.2
+- [PR #325](https://github.com/nf-core/fetchngs/pull/325) - Add wget wait time for retries
 - [PR #333](https://github.com/nf-core/fetchngs/pull/333) - Add logo
 
 ### Software dependencies
diff --git a/modules/local/sra_fastq_ftp/nextflow.config b/modules/local/sra_fastq_ftp/nextflow.config
index 56e43959..172e93ed 100644
--- a/modules/local/sra_fastq_ftp/nextflow.config
+++ b/modules/local/sra_fastq_ftp/nextflow.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 process {
     withName: 'SRA_FASTQ_FTP' {
-        ext.args = '-t 5 -nv -c -T 60'
+        ext.args = '-t 5 -nv -w 5 --random-wait -c -T 60'
         publishDir = [
             [
                 path: { "${params.outdir}/fastq" },