diff --git a/op-lisk-sepolia.after-start b/op-lisk-sepolia.after-start
index 36cccdad..805f0c75 100755
--- a/op-lisk-sepolia.after-start
+++ b/op-lisk-sepolia.after-start
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ echo "running in $BASEPATH"
 
 target_file="op-lisk-sepolia-node-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S').peers"
 
+echo "wait 10 seconds for the node to come online"
+sleep 10
 
 newest_file=$(ls -1 /backup/op-lisk-sepolia-node-*.peers 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -n 1)