diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 721997323..f5a353adb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ paperless-ng 1.2.0
 
 * Improved responsiveness when switching between saved views and the document list.
 
+* Increased the default wait time when observing files in the consumption folder
+  with polling from 1 to 5 seconds. This will decrease the likelihood of paperless
+  consuming partially written files.
+
 * Paperless no longer depends on ``libpoppler-cpp-dev``.
 
-paperless-ng 1.1.4
-##################
-
-* Added English (GB) locale.
-
-* Added ISO-8601 date display option.
-
 .. note::
 
   Some packages that paperless depends on are slowly dropping Python 3.6
@@ -41,6 +38,13 @@ paperless-ng 1.1.4
 
   If using docker, this does not affect you.
 
+paperless-ng 1.1.4
+##################
+
+* Added English (GB) locale.
+
+* Added ISO-8601 date display option.
+
 paperless-ng 1.1.3
 ##################
 
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
index aaa644891..b2549efbf 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ def _consume(filepath):
         logger.exception("Error while consuming document")
 
 
-def _consume_wait_unmodified(file, num_tries=20, wait_time=1):
+def _consume_wait_unmodified(file):
     mtime = -1
     current_try = 0
-    while current_try < num_tries:
+    while current_try < settings.CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT:
         try:
             new_mtime = os.stat(file).st_mtime
         except FileNotFoundError:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def _consume_wait_unmodified(file, num_tries=20, wait_time=1):
             _consume(file)
             return
         mtime = new_mtime
-        sleep(wait_time)
+        sleep(settings.CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY)
         current_try += 1
 
     logger.error(f"Timeout while waiting on file {file} to remain unmodified.")
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
index b6a61a167..2111705e0 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
         self.assertRaises(CommandError, call_command, 'document_consumer', '--oneshot')
 
 
-@override_settings(CONSUMER_POLLING=1)
+@override_settings(CONSUMER_POLLING=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT=20)
 class TestConsumerPolling(TestConsumer):
     # just do all the tests with polling
     pass
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ class TestConsumerRecursive(TestConsumer):
     pass
 
 
-@override_settings(CONSUMER_RECURSIVE=True)
-@override_settings(CONSUMER_POLLING=1)
+@override_settings(CONSUMER_RECURSIVE=True, CONSUMER_POLLING=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT=20)
 class TestConsumerRecursivePolling(TestConsumer):
     # just do all the tests with polling and recursive
     pass
@@ -257,6 +256,6 @@ class TestConsumerTags(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
         # their order.
         self.assertCountEqual(kwargs["override_tag_ids"], tag_ids)
 
-    @override_settings(CONSUMER_POLLING=1)
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_POLLING=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT=20)
     def test_consume_file_with_path_tags_polling(self):
         self.test_consume_file_with_path_tags()
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index abfb1afba..b0ce32305 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ THREADS_PER_WORKER = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_THREADS_PER_WORKER", default_threads_p
 
 CONSUMER_POLLING = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING", 0))
 
+CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY", 5))
+
+CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT = int(
+    os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT", 30 / CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY)
+)
+
 CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES")
 
 CONSUMER_RECURSIVE = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_RECURSIVE")