diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab0d526..aa183b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ tmp/
 coverage/
 .DS_Store
 reports/
+.vscode/
diff --git a/tests/features/step_definitions/common.steps.js b/tests/features/step_definitions/common.steps.js
index 5695fef..6c665a8 100644
--- a/tests/features/step_definitions/common.steps.js
+++ b/tests/features/step_definitions/common.steps.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const PROJECT_ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..');
 const MOCK_SCRIPT = path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'tests', 'helpers', 'mock-api.sh');
 
 Before({ tags: '@mock' }, function () {
-  const out = execSync(`bash -c 'source "${MOCK_SCRIPT}" && mock_start && sleep 0.3 && curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 3 http://localhost:18080/api/v1/repos/health/check'`, {
+  const out = execSync(`bash -c 'source "${MOCK_SCRIPT}" && mock_start && sleep 1 && curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 3 http://localhost:18080/api/v1/repos/health/check'`, {
     cwd: PROJECT_ROOT,
     encoding: 'utf-8',
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
diff --git a/tests/helpers/mock-api.sh b/tests/helpers/mock-api.sh
index 1bdc292..0fa965b 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/mock-api.sh
+++ b/tests/helpers/mock-api.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ mock_start() {
   nohup python3 "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/mock-server.py" "$MOCK_PORT" "$MOCK_CONFIG_FILE" "$MOCK_REQUEST_FILE" \
     </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
   MOCK_PID=$!
-  sleep 0.5
+  sleep 1
 }
 
 mock_stop() {