diff --git a/bin/wait-for-mysql b/bin/wait-for-mysql
index cab19e8..062ed2a 100755
--- a/bin/wait-for-mysql
+++ b/bin/wait-for-mysql
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@ while ! mysqladmin ping -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" --silent; do
     sleep 1
     echo -n "."
 done
+sleep 1;
+while ! mysqladmin ping -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" --silent; do
+    sleep 1
+    echo -n "."
+done
 echo -e "\nConnected to MySQL!"
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