diff --git a/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java b/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java
index a957550..c99bd38 100644
--- a/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java
+++ b/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.core.scheduler.Schedulers;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 @Component
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ public class CatalogJpaAdapter implements CatalogPort {
     public Flux<Catalog> getAll() {
         return Mono.fromCallable(catalogJpaRepository::findAll)
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic())
+                .delayElement(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
                 .flatMapMany(Flux::fromIterable)
                 .map(CatalogJpaEntity::toDomain);
     }
diff --git a/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java b/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java
index fc55501..e4b1fb1 100644
--- a/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java
+++ b/reactor-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/reactorapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.core.scheduler.Schedulers;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+
 @Component
 public class ItemJpaAdapter implements ItemPort {
     private final ItemJpaRepository itemJpaRepository;
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ public class ItemJpaAdapter implements ItemPort {
     public Flux<Item> getAll() {
         return Mono.fromCallable(itemJpaRepository::findAll)
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic())
+                .delayElement(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
                 .flatMapMany(Flux::fromIterable)
                 .map(ItemJpaEntity::toDomain);
     }
diff --git a/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java b/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java
index f625e38..529feaf 100644
--- a/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java
+++ b/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/catalog/CatalogJpaAdapter.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import static com.zeenea.experiments.virtualthreads.virtualthreadsapp.utils.LatencyUtils.sleepOneSec;
+
 @Component
 public class CatalogJpaAdapter implements CatalogPort {
     private final CatalogJpaRepository catalogJpaRepository;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ public class CatalogJpaAdapter implements CatalogPort {
 
     @Override
     public List<Catalog> getAll() {
+        sleepOneSec();
         return catalogJpaRepository.findAll()
                 .stream()
                 .map(CatalogJpaEntity::toDomain)
diff --git a/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java b/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java
index 453211c..cf093c0 100644
--- a/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java
+++ b/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/infrastructure/item/ItemJpaAdapter.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static com.zeenea.experiments.virtualthreads.virtualthreadsapp.utils.LatencyUtils.sleepOneSec;
+
 @Component
 public class ItemJpaAdapter implements ItemPort {
     private final ItemJpaRepository itemJpaRepository;
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ public class ItemJpaAdapter implements ItemPort {
 
     @Override
     public List<Item> getAll() {
+        sleepOneSec();
         return itemJpaRepository.findAll()
                 .stream()
                 .map(ItemJpaEntity::toDomain)
diff --git a/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/utils/LatencyUtils.java b/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/utils/LatencyUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793e6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtual-threads-app/src/main/java/com/zeenea/experiments/virtualthreads/virtualthreadsapp/utils/LatencyUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.zeenea.experiments.virtualthreads.virtualthreadsapp.utils;
+
+public class LatencyUtils {
+    public static void sleep(int millis) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(millis);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void sleepOneSec() {
+        sleep(1000);
+    }
+}