diff --git a/pkg/cluster/services.go b/pkg/cluster/services.go
index 6ab34eb4cd87a66f7739054f7e253afc48c62e5d..784eb7eca3175a67b414160795fdecee7bb492d2 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/services.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/services.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+  "time"
 
 	"forge.tedomum.net/acides/hepto/hepto/pkg/pki"
 	"forge.tedomum.net/acides/hepto/hepto/pkg/wrappers"
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ func (s *ClusterServices) startK8sNode(master net.IP, ca *pki.ClusterCA, certs *
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal("could not start containerd:", err)
 	}
+  time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 	// Kubelet
 	kubeletKubeConfig := KubeConfig{
 		URL:        fmt.Sprintf("https://[%s]:6443", master.String()),