diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
index c33956a..559a4cb 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
@@ -47,11 +47,14 @@ template convertError(body) =
 # Provider
 
 const defaultUrl = "http://localhost:8545"
+const defaultPollingInterval = 4.seconds
 
 proc jsonHeaders: seq[(string, string)] =
   @[("Content-Type", "application/json")]
 
-proc new*(_: type JsonRpcProvider, url=defaultUrl): JsonRpcProvider =
+proc new*(_: type JsonRpcProvider,
+          url=defaultUrl,
+          pollingInterval=defaultPollingInterval): JsonRpcProvider =
   var initialized: Future[void]
   var client: RpcClient
   var subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions
@@ -67,7 +70,8 @@ proc new*(_: type JsonRpcProvider, url=defaultUrl): JsonRpcProvider =
       let http = newRpcHttpClient(getHeaders = jsonHeaders)
       await http.connect(url)
       client = http
-      subscriptions = JsonRpcSubscriptions.new(http)
+      subscriptions = JsonRpcSubscriptions.new(http,
+                                               pollingInterval = pollingInterval)
 
   proc awaitClient: Future[RpcClient] {.async.} =
     await initialized
diff --git a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcProvider.nim b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcProvider.nim
index a70e528..3895dbe 100644
--- a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcProvider.nim
+++ b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcProvider.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ for url in ["ws://localhost:8545", "http://localhost:8545"]:
     var provider: JsonRpcProvider
 
     setup:
-      provider = JsonRpcProvider.new(url)
+      provider = JsonRpcProvider.new(url, pollingInterval = 100.millis)
 
     test "can be instantiated with a default URL":
       discard JsonRpcProvider.new()