diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8f572b0..9365614 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ notifications:
 before_install:
   - wget http://www.nuodb.com/latest/releases/nuodb-${NUODB_VERSION}.linux.x64.deb --output-document=/var/tmp/nuodb.deb
   - sudo dpkg -i /var/tmp/nuodb.deb
-  - sleep 2
+  - sleep 4
   - ${NUODB_ROOT}/bin/nuodb --chorus test --password bar --dba-user dba --dba-password goalie --verbose debug --archive /var/tmp/nuodb --initialize --force &
-  - sleep 2
+  - sleep 4
   - ${NUODB_ROOT}/bin/nuodb --chorus test --password bar --dba-user dba --dba-password goalie &
-  - sleep 2
+  - sleep 4
   
 script:
   - make all