diff --git a/sample_test/run.sh b/sample_test/run.sh
index 0e4f8477fba38bd46a65f53dfcd453ee03845478..174686bce615613997f9bd3b998c36cbbb239d5d 100644
--- a/sample_test/run.sh
+++ b/sample_test/run.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ for server in ${servers[@]}; do
 	server_pids+=($!)
 done
 
+echo "Sleeping for 5 seconds"
+sleep 5
+
 # run 2 tests
 timeout 5s ./client a config.txt < ${curr_folder}input1.txt > ${curr_folder}output1.log 2>&1
 timeout 5s ./client a config.txt < ${curr_folder}input2.txt > ${curr_folder}output2.log 2>&1