diff --git a/backend/src/build/build.service.ts b/backend/src/build/build.service.ts
index 7b916a8..a087227 100644
--- a/backend/src/build/build.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/build/build.service.ts
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ export class BuildService {
         },
       };
 
+      const tSecret = Date.now();
       await coreApi.createNamespacedSecret(buildNamespace!, sourceSecret);
-      this.logger.log(`Created source secret: ${sourceConfigMapName} (${(zipBuffer.length / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB)`);
+      this.logger.log(`[timing] Source secret created in ${Date.now() - tSecret}ms (${(zipBuffer.length / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB)`);
     }
 
     // Build the Kaniko Job spec
@@ -247,8 +248,13 @@ export class BuildService {
     };
 
     try {
+      const t0 = Date.now();
       await coreApi.createNamespacedConfigMap(buildNamespace!, dockerfileConfigMap);
+      this.logger.log(`[timing] ConfigMap created in ${Date.now() - t0}ms`);
+
+      const t1 = Date.now();
       await batchApi.createNamespacedJob(buildNamespace!, buildJob);
+      this.logger.log(`[timing] Job created in ${Date.now() - t1}ms`);
 
       // Wait for build to complete
       await this.waitForJobCompletion(batchApi, coreApi, buildPodName, buildNamespace!, 600);
@@ -402,8 +408,8 @@ CMD ["/usr/bin/supervisord", "-c", "/etc/supervisord.conf"]
         throw new Error(`Build job ${jobName} failed.\nLogs:\n${logs}`);
       }
 
-      // Wait 5 seconds before polling again
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+      // Wait 3 seconds before polling again
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
     }
 
     throw new Error(`Build job ${jobName} timed out after ${timeoutSeconds}s`);