diff --git a/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/scheduler/ImportUsers.kt b/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/scheduler/ImportUsers.kt
index a7c8175..855f365 100644
--- a/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/scheduler/ImportUsers.kt
+++ b/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/scheduler/ImportUsers.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class ImportUsers(
 
     companion object {
 
-        const val SLEEP_AFTER_API_CALL = 1000L
+        const val SLEEP_AFTER_API_CALL = 3000L
 
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ImportUsers(
 
     private fun updateUsers() {
         // Fetch 50 users with the oldest last update time
-        // We exclude all users with at least 1 banned score in the last 3 months
+
         val threeMonthsAgo = LocalDateTime.now().minusMonths(3)
 
         val bannedUsersCondition = SCORES.IS_BANNED.eq(true)
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ class ImportUsers(
         val userIds = dslContext
             .select(USERS.USER_ID)
             .from(USERS)
-            .leftJoin(SCORES).on(USERS.USER_ID.eq(SCORES.USER_ID).and(bannedUsersCondition))
-            .where(SCORES.USER_ID.isNull)
+            .leftJoin(SCORES).on(USERS.USER_ID.eq(SCORES.USER_ID))
             .orderBy(USERS.SYS_LAST_UPDATE.asc())
             .limit(50)
             .fetchInto(Long::class.java)
@@ -78,6 +77,11 @@ class ImportUsers(
         // Check which ids are missing; if any are missing, we explicitly check if they're banned.
         val missingIds = userIds.filter { it !in usersResult.users.map { it.id } }
         for (missingId in missingIds) {
+            // We exclude all users with at least 1 banned score in the last 3 months
+            if(dslContext.fetchExists(SCORES, SCORES.USER_ID.eq(missingId).and(bannedUsersCondition))) {
+                continue
+            }
+
             val isUserBanned = this.osuApi.checkIfUserBanned(missingId)
             Thread.sleep(SLEEP_AFTER_API_CALL)
             if (isUserBanned == true) {