diff --git a/tests/pedal/enter_canloader.py b/tests/pedal/enter_canloader.py
index 32103d7d1ef45b..c6f06ca35499a0 100755
--- a/tests/pedal/enter_canloader.py
+++ b/tests/pedal/enter_canloader.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def bulkRead(self, endpoint, length, timeout=0):
     p.can_send(0x200, "\xce\xfa\xad\xde\x1e\x0b\xb0\x0a", 0)
 
   if args.fn:
+    time.sleep(0.1)
     print "flashing", args.fn
     code = open(args.fn).read()
     Panda.flash_static(CanHandle(p), code)