diff --git a/steampipe/init-db.sh b/steampipe/init-db.sh
index 1c933ca..e1a8937 100644
--- a/steampipe/init-db.sh
+++ b/steampipe/init-db.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 SQL_DIR="/home/steampipe/initdb-sql-scripts"
 if ls "$SQL_DIR"/*.sql 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Check if the directory exists
+    sleep 20
     echo "[init-db.sh] Starting DB Initialization as there are .sql scripts in ~/initdb-sql-scripts directory"
-
     while true; do  # Loop until the exit code of healthcheck.sh is 0
         bash healthcheck.sh
         exit_code=$?