diff --git a/test/test_gscholar.py b/test/test_gscholar.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/test_gscholar.py
+++ b/test/test_gscholar.py
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
 # coding: utf8
 
 import unittest
+import time
+import random
 
 from gscholar import gscholar as gs
 
 
 class TestGScholar(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # wait 1-2 seconds between tests, so we don't hammer google's
+        # servers and get banned.
+        time.sleep(random.uniform(1, 2))
+
     def test_query(self):
         """Normal query with latin encoding should give non empty result."""
         result = gs.query('Albert Einstein', gs.FORMAT_BIBTEX)
Added delay between tests.

Google banned me from google scholar on most of my machines already. (Sorry
Google!)