diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index 56a93072..718cfba5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ const extractTransform = (obj) => {
     obj = { ...obj, timeout: 60000 };
   }
 
+  if (obj.formats?.includes("changeTracking") && obj.waitFor < 5000) {
+    obj = { ...obj, waitFor: 5000 };
+  }
+
   if (obj.formats?.includes("json")) {
     obj.formats.push("extract");
   }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
index 1408dde1..cedd275e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
@@ -390,9 +390,6 @@ export async function scrapeURL(
   options: ScrapeOptions,
   internalOptions: InternalOptions,
 ): Promise<ScrapeUrlResponse> {
-  if (options.formats.includes("changeTracking") && options.waitFor < 5000) {
-    options.waitFor = 5000;
-  }
   const meta = await buildMetaObject(id, url, options, internalOptions);
   try {
     while (true) {