diff --git a/features/fixtures/que/app/setup-que.rb b/features/fixtures/que/app/setup-que.rb
index 1fc5724b..1e79248b 100644
--- a/features/fixtures/que/app/setup-que.rb
+++ b/features/fixtures/que/app/setup-que.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   begin
     Timeout::timeout(5) { TCPSocket.new('postgres', 5432).close }
 
+    sleep 1
     postgres_ready = true
   rescue Exception
     attempts += 1