diff --git a/src/services/API/RootClient.ts b/src/services/API/RootClient.ts
index 1b20db4..bb911c0 100644
--- a/src/services/API/RootClient.ts
+++ b/src/services/API/RootClient.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,11 @@ import ErrorHandling from "./ErrorHandling";
 const client = axios.create({
   baseURL: process.env.VUE_APP_BACKEND,
   withCredentials: false,
-  timeout: 4000, // cancel request after 10 sec
+  timeout: 4000, // cancel request after 4 sec
   // but this works only when internet connection is active
   // ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36690451/timeout-feature-in-the-axios-library-is-not-working
 });
 
-// delay response by one second to notice loading spinner
-client.interceptors.response.use(function (response) {
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      resolve(response);
-    }, 1000);
-  });
-}, function (error) {
-  return Promise.reject(error);
-});
-
 // handle errors in responses for API requests
 client.interceptors.response.use(
   (config: AxiosRequestConfig): AxiosRequestConfig => {