diff --git a/slog.py b/slog.py
index 7ec0be6..f542628 100644
--- a/slog.py
+++ b/slog.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ else:
     db = sqlite3.connect('stats.db')
     c = db.cursor()
 
+time.sleep(5) #otherwise we risk grabbing an empty file
+
 try:
     r = requests.get(url)
     r.raise_for_status() # in case of 404