diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ProcessTask.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ProcessTask.java
index b1f6121c..ee4f42c3 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ProcessTask.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ProcessTask.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package software.amazon.kinesis.lifecycle;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java
index b6e7c068..bf28f818 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
@@ -331,7 +328,11 @@ public class ShardConsumer {
             taskIsRunning = true;
             TaskResult result;
             try {
+                TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(20);
                 result = task.call();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                result = null;
             } finally {
                 taskIsRunning = false;
             }
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java
index 223ab367..a9efb480 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Data;
@@ -291,8 +292,10 @@ public class KinesisDataFetcher implements DataFetcher {
 
     @Override
     public GetRecordsResponse getGetRecordsResponse(GetRecordsRequest request) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
+        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(20);
         final GetRecordsResponse response = FutureUtils.resolveOrCancelFuture(kinesisClient.getRecords(request),
                 maxFutureWait);
+        System.out.println("millisbehindlatest is " + response.millisBehindLatest());
         if (!isValidResult(response.nextShardIterator(), response.childShards())) {
             throw new RetryableRetrievalException("GetRecords response is not valid for shard: " + streamAndShardId
                     + ". nextShardIterator: " + response.nextShardIterator()
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ public class KinesisDataFetcher implements DataFetcher {
     @Override
     public GetRecordsRequest getGetRecordsRequest(String nextIterator)  {
         return KinesisRequestsBuilder.getRecordsRequestBuilder().shardIterator(nextIterator)
-                .limit(maxRecords).build();
+                .limit(10).build();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/ApplicationTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/ApplicationTest.java
index e3616ff0..f2ddabf9 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/ApplicationTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/ApplicationTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class ApplicationTest {
          * Sends dummy data to Kinesis. Not relevant to consuming the data with the KCL
          */
         ScheduledExecutorService producerExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
-        ScheduledFuture<?> producerFuture = producerExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(this::publishRecord, 10, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        ScheduledFuture<?> producerFuture = producerExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(this::publishRecord, 1, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
         /**
          * Sets up configuration for the KCL, including DynamoDB and CloudWatch dependencies. The final argument, a
@@ -173,17 +173,42 @@ public class ApplicationTest {
     private void publishRecord() {
         PutRecordRequest request1 = PutRecordRequest.builder()
                 .partitionKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5, 20))
-                .streamName(streamName1)
+                .streamName(streamName2)
                 .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(10)))
                 .build();
         PutRecordRequest request2 = PutRecordRequest.builder()
                 .partitionKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5, 20))
-                .streamName(streamName2)
-                .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(10)))
+                .streamName(streamName1)
+                .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(1)))
+                .build();
+        PutRecordRequest request3 = PutRecordRequest.builder()
+                .partitionKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5, 20))
+                .streamName(streamName1)
+                .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(1)))
+                .build();
+        PutRecordRequest request4 = PutRecordRequest.builder()
+                .partitionKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5, 20))
+                .streamName(streamName1)
+                .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(1)))
+                .build();
+        PutRecordRequest request5 = PutRecordRequest.builder()
+                .partitionKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5, 20))
+                .streamName(streamName1)
+                .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(1)))
+                .build();
+        PutRecordRequest request6 = PutRecordRequest.builder()
+                .partitionKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5, 20))
+                .streamName(streamName1)
+                .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(RandomUtils.nextBytes(1)))
                 .build();
         try {
             kinesisClient.putRecord(request1).get();
             kinesisClient.putRecord(request2).get();
+            kinesisClient.putRecord(request3).get();
+            kinesisClient.putRecord(request4).get();
+            kinesisClient.putRecord(request5).get();
+            kinesisClient.putRecord(request6).get();
+            System.out.println("600 records published yeah");
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             log.info("Interrupted, assuming shutdown.");
         } catch (ExecutionException e) {