diff --git a/lib/gateway/ShardManager.js b/lib/gateway/ShardManager.js
index fc104fbcc..f2cc8c6da 100644
--- a/lib/gateway/ShardManager.js
+++ b/lib/gateway/ShardManager.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const Base = require("../structures/Base");
 const Collection = require("../util/Collection");
-const Endpoints = require("../rest/Endpoints");
 const Shard = require("./Shard");
 
 class ShardManager extends Collection {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class ShardManager extends Collection {
     async connect(shard) {
         // fetch max_concurrency if needed
         if(!this.concurrency) {
-            const gateway = await this._client.requestHandler.request("GET", Endpoints.GATEWAY_BOT, true);
+            const gateway = await this._client.getBotGateway();
             if(gateway.session_start_limit && gateway.session_start_limit.max_concurrency) {
                 this.concurrency = gateway.session_start_limit.max_concurrency;
             } else {
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ class ShardManager extends Collection {
             this.connectTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
                 this.connectTimeout = null;
                 this.tryConnect();
-            }, 1000);
+            }, 500);
         }
     }