diff -Naur opendnssec-1.4.0a3-orig/signer/src/daemon/worker.c opendnssec-1.4.0a3/signer/src/daemon/worker.c
--- opendnssec-1.4.0a3-orig/signer/src/daemon/worker.c	2012-08-02 16:57:01.000000000 -0400
+++ opendnssec-1.4.0a3/signer/src/daemon/worker.c	2012-08-20 15:41:34.665175565 -0400
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@
          * lets take a small break to not hog CPU.
          */
         if (status == ODS_STATUS_UNCHANGED) {
+#if 0
             worker_wait_timeout_locked(&q->q_lock, &q->q_nonfull, 60);
+#else
+            worker_wait_timeout_locked(&q->q_lock, &q->q_nonfull, 5);
+#endif
         }
         lock_basic_unlock(&q->q_lock);
     }