diff --git a/dockerrun.bash b/dockerrun.bash
index b068da22..ded845cf 100755
--- a/dockerrun.bash
+++ b/dockerrun.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+poetry run gunicorn -c "/sheepdog/deployment/wsgi/gunicorn.conf.py" &
+sleep 30
 
-poetry run gunicorn -c "/sheepdog/deployment/wsgi/gunicorn.conf.py" 
 nginx -g 'daemon off;'
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