diff --git a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs
index 854ddd5..6c6515e 100644
--- a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ using Podcast.Infrastructure.Data.Models;
 
 namespace Podcast.Infrastructure.Http.Feeds;
 
+public class JitterHandler : DelegatingHandler
+{
+    protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // Who would do such a thing?!
+        // TODO fix this horrible perf leak!
+        await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Random.Shared.NextInt64()));
+        return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+    }
+}
+
 public class FeedClient : IFeedClient
 {
     private static readonly XmlSerializer XmlSerializer = new(typeof(Rss));
diff --git a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs
index 639ac0a..4a55b6a 100644
--- a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("PodcastDb")!;
 builder.Services.AddSqlServer<PodcastDbContext>(connectionString);
 var queueConnectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("FeedQueue");
 builder.Services.AddSingleton(new QueueClient(queueConnectionString, "feed-queue"));
-builder.Services.AddHttpClient<IFeedClient, FeedClient>();
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient<IFeedClient, FeedClient>().AddHttpMessageHandler<JitterHandler>();
 
 // Authentication and authorization-related services
 builder.Services.AddAuthentication().AddJwtBearer();