diff --git a/lib/sheepsafe/controller.rb b/lib/sheepsafe/controller.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/sheepsafe/controller.rb
+++ b/lib/sheepsafe/controller.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ module Sheepsafe
           Process.kill("TERM", pid)
           exit 0
         end
+        sleep 2                 # wait a bit before starting proxy
         loop do
           pid = fork do
             exec("ssh -ND #{@config.socks_port} #{@config.ssh_host}")
lib/sheepsafe/controller.rb: Wait a bit before starting proxy