diff --git a/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/client.py b/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/client.py
index f64e86232dd..62fdd4056fb 100644
--- a/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/client.py
+++ b/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/client.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async def _receiver(self) -> None:
                 logger.debug(
                     f"{self.dealer_id} connection to evaluator went down, reconnecting: {exc}"
                 )
-                await asyncio.sleep(1)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0)
                 self.socket.connect(self.url)
 
     async def send(self, message: str | bytes, retries: int | None = None) -> None: