diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e1209a..0239cef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ This tap:
     {
         "start_date": "2010-01-01",
         "api_key": "<Chargebee API Key>",
-        "site": "<Chargebee Site>"
+        "site": "<Chargebee Site>",
+        "time_between_calls": None
     }
     ```
 
diff --git a/tap_chargebee/client.py b/tap_chargebee/client.py
index 3edde8d..5eeed65 100644
--- a/tap_chargebee/client.py
+++ b/tap_chargebee/client.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def __init__(self, config, api_result_limit=100, include_deleted=True):
         self.api_result_limit = api_result_limit
         self.include_deleted = include_deleted
         self.user_agent = self.config.get('user_agent')
+        self.time_between_calls = self.config.get('time_between_calls', None)
 
     def get_headers(self):
         headers = {}
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ def make_request(self, url, method, params=None, base_backoff=15,
         if params is None:
             params = {}
 
+        # sleep for desired amount to prevent rate limiting
+        if self.time_between_calls is not None:
+            time.sleep(self.time_between_calls)
         LOGGER.info("Making {} request to {}".format(method, url))
 
         response = requests.request(
diff --git a/tap_chargebee/streams/base.py b/tap_chargebee/streams/base.py
index 8dbccb8..348c4a6 100644
--- a/tap_chargebee/streams/base.py
+++ b/tap_chargebee/streams/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import singer
+import datetime
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 from tap_framework.streams import BaseStream