diff --git a/test/signal.sh b/test/signal.sh
index 41e3088c..20a01f87 100644
--- a/test/signal.sh
+++ b/test/signal.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ cat /dev/null > $OUT_LOG
 
 $pm2 sendSignal SIGUSR2 signal.js
 
+sleep 1
 OUT=`grep "SIGUSR2" "$OUT_LOG" | wc -l`
 [ $OUT -eq 2 ] || fail "Signal not received by the process name"
 success "Processes sucessfully receives the signal"
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ $pm2 stop signal.js
 
 # Send a process by id
 $pm2 start signal.js
+
+sleep 1
 # get the log file and the id.
 OUT_LOG=`$pm2 prettylist | grep -m 1 -E "pm_out_log_path:" | sed "s/.*'\([^']*\)',/\1/"`
 ID=`$pm2 prettylist | grep -E "pm_id:" | sed "s/.*pm_id: \([^,]*\),/\1/"`