diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index cff0431..dc2380e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: ecoengine
 Type: Package
 Title: Programmatic interface to the API serving UC Berkeley's Natural History
     Data
-Version: 1.2.6
+Version: 1.3
 Date: 2014-03-23
 Authors@R: c(person("Karthik", "Ram", role = c("aut", "cre"), email =
     "karthik.ram@gmail.com"))
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ce3c538..1e42934 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+ecoengine 1.3
+===============
+* Considerable speed improvements. zoom zoom.
+
+
 ecoengine 1.2.6
 ================
 * Package is now updated for httr 0.3
diff --git a/R/ee_photos.R b/R/ee_photos.R
index c882ffa..163429a 100644
--- a/R/ee_photos.R
+++ b/R/ee_photos.R
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ ee_photos <- function(page = NULL,
     	photos_data <- do.call(rbind.fill, lapply(photos[[4]], rbindfillnull))
     	results[[i]] <- photos_data
     	if(progress) setTxtProgressBar(pb, i)
-    	if(i %% 25 == 0) Sys.sleep(2) 
     }
     
 	photos_data <- do.call(rbind.fill, results)
diff --git a/R/ee_search.R b/R/ee_search.R
index dcad531..1f829cd 100644
--- a/R/ee_search.R
+++ b/R/ee_search.R
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ if(progress) pb <- txtProgressBar(min = 0, max = length(required_pages), style =
 	obs_data <- rbind.fill(with_geojson_df, without_geojson_df) 
 	results[[i]] <- obs_data
 	if(progress) setTxtProgressBar(pb, i)
-   	if(i %% 25 == 0) Sys.sleep(2) 
     }    	
 
 	all_obs_data <- do.call(rbind.fill, results)
diff --git a/R/ee_sensor_aggregation.R b/R/ee_sensor_aggregation.R
index 956783d..c66d70e 100644
--- a/R/ee_sensor_aggregation.R
+++ b/R/ee_sensor_aggregation.R
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ if(progress) pb <- txtProgressBar(min = 0, max = length(required_pages), style =
 		sensor_data_agg$begin_date <- ymd_hms(sensor_data_agg$begin_date)
 		results[[i]] <- sensor_data_agg
 		if(progress) setTxtProgressBar(pb, i)
-     	if(i %% 25 == 0) Sys.sleep(2) 
     }
 		
 	sensor_data_agg <- do.call(rbind, results)
diff --git a/R/ee_sensors.R b/R/ee_sensors.R
index 08371db..a6df8d9 100644
--- a/R/ee_sensors.R
+++ b/R/ee_sensors.R
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ sensor_url <- "http://ecoengine.berkeley.edu/api/sensors/?format=json"
                             })
 
         results[[i]] <- basic_sensor_data
-        if(i %% 25 == 0) Sys.sleep(2) 
     }
 
     res <- do.call(rbind, results)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e2b0c7..c7ff29e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ A quick start guide is available both as [markdown](https://github.com/ropensci/
 To cite package ‘ecoengine’ in publications use:
 
   Karthik Ram (2014). ecoengine: Programmatic interface to the API
-  serving UC Berkeley's Natural History Data. R package version 1.2.2.
+  serving UC Berkeley's Natural History Data. R package version 1.3.
   https://github.com/ropensci/ecoengine
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 Data},
     author = {Karthik Ram},
     year = {2014},
-    note = {R package version 1.2.2},
+    note = {R package version 1.3},
     url = {https://github.com/ropensci/ecoengine},
   }
 ```