diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd65cccea..2892f7f24 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ variables:
   NIX_PATH: "nixpkgs=http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xz"
   AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE: "/etc/aws/credentials"
   FLAKE: "git+${CI_REPOSITORY_URL}?ref=${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}&rev=${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+
+  TRANSFER_METER_FREQUENCY: "2s"
   
 stages:
   - frontend:build