diff --git a/commands/config-helper b/commands/config-helper
index 0001dd2b8..17c3be6d1 100755
--- a/commands/config-helper
+++ b/commands/config-helper
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function config_helper_test() (
 		-- config-helper
 	eval-tester --name='test-invalid-arguments-02' --status=22 --ignore-stderr \
 		-- config-helper --file="$missing_file"
+	sleep 1 # wait for the file to be created, seems to take a while on ci
 	eval-tester --name='test-invalid-arguments-03' --status=22 --ignore-stderr \
 		-- config-helper "$missing_file"