diff --git a/poll/poll.go b/poll/poll.go
index a13dae0..27170f7 100644
--- a/poll/poll.go
+++ b/poll/poll.go
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ type tag struct {
 }
 
 func pollJob(pipeline database.Pipeline, pipelineConf config.PipelineConf, db database.Database) {
+	firstScan := true
 	for {
-		time.Sleep(time.Duration(pipeline.PollInterval) * time.Second)
-		log.Infof("Polling repo %v", pipeline.Name)
+		// Don't sleep on first scan to ease testing
+		// TODO: this should be replaced with a script that mocks a webhook
+		if !firstScan {
+			time.Sleep(time.Duration(pipeline.PollInterval) * time.Second)
+			log.Infof("Polling repo %v", pipeline.Name)
+		} else {
+			firstScan = false
+		}
 
 		prevRefs, err := db.GetPipelineRefs(pipeline.Id)
 		if err != nil {