diff --git a/jenkins/deploy.sh b/jenkins/deploy.sh
index 64cda6e..4ee634a 100755
--- a/jenkins/deploy.sh
+++ b/jenkins/deploy.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ export ODDBROOT="od-database"
 
 screen -S oddb_web -X quit
 killall -9 uwsgi
+
+sleep 30
+
 echo "starting oddb_web"
 screen -S oddb_web -d -m bash -c "cd ${ODDBROOT} && uwsgi od-database.ini 2> stderr.txt"
 sleep 1