diff --git a/src/enemy.cpp b/src/enemy.cpp
index fdf8f41..9ab40b9 100644
--- a/src/enemy.cpp
+++ b/src/enemy.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void Enemy::_ready() {
     // set up the timer used to reduce process time
     gd::Timer *timer{memnew(gd::Timer)};
     this->add_child(timer);
-    timer->start(this->update_interval);
+    timer->start(this->update_interval + this->update_interval * gd::UtilityFunctions::randf_range(0.0f, 0.25f));
     timer->connect("timeout", callable_mp(this, &Enemy::update));
     // starting target rotation is just the current rotation
     this->target_rotation = this->get_rotation().y;