diff --git a/VMInstance.py b/VMInstance.py
index 15cd6dae..b078857c 100644
--- a/VMInstance.py
+++ b/VMInstance.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class VMInstance:
         self.hypervisor = None
         self.state = None
         self.dom = None
-        time.sleep(0.5)
 
         # Watch for changes to the hypervisor field in Zookeeper
         @zk.DataWatch(self.zkey + '/hypervisor')
diff --git a/pvcd.py b/pvcd.py
index 6566cc15..aa9ee341 100755
--- a/pvcd.py
+++ b/pvcd.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def updatenodes(new_node_list):
 
 @zk.ChildrenWatch('/domains')
 def updatedomains(new_domain_list):
+    time.sleep(0.5)
     domain_list = new_domain_list
     print('Domain list: %s' % domain_list)
     for domain in domain_list: