diff --git a/parallel_test.sh b/parallel_test.sh
index c69944c..574d7d3 100755
--- a/parallel_test.sh
+++ b/parallel_test.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ echo "Starting test cloudron-update-test with pid ${test_pids[-1]}"
 test_logs+=("logs/cloudron-update-test.log")
 
 # stream all the logs (to stderr so that it's not in email but in deploy logs)
+sleep 10 # wait for cloudron-update-test.log to get created (since it's a background subshell)
 tail -f ${test_logs[*]} >&2 &
 tail_pid=$!