diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,36 +131,36 @@ Support, Demo, Training, API Certifications and Consulting available at http://g
 [mailing-list-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Email-Join%20Mailing%20List-blue.svg
 [mailing-list-url]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/konglayer
 
-[us-east-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[us-west-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[us-west-2-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[eu-west-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[ap-northeast-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[ap-southeast-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[ap-southeast-2-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[sa-east-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
-[us-east-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[us-west-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[us-west-2-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[eu-west-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[ap-northeast-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[ap-southeast-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[ap-southeast-2-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[sa-east-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
-[us-east-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[us-west-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[us-west-2-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[eu-west-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[ap-northeast-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[ap-southeast-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[ap-southeast-2-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[sa-east-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
-[us-east-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[us-west-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[us-west-2-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[eu-west-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[ap-northeast-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[ap-southeast-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[ap-southeast-2-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
-[sa-east-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.0%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[us-east-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[us-west-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[us-west-2-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[eu-west-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[ap-northeast-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[ap-southeast-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[ap-southeast-2-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[sa-east-1-caas-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+[us-east-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[us-west-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[us-west-2-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[eu-west-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[ap-northeast-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[ap-southeast-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[ap-southeast-2-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[sa-east-1-caas-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-cassandra-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+[us-east-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[us-west-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[us-west-2-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[eu-west-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[ap-northeast-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[ap-southeast-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[ap-southeast-2-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-hvm&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[sa-east-1-hvm-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-hvm.template
+[us-east-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[us-west-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[us-west-2-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-west-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[eu-west-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[ap-northeast-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-northeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[ap-southeast-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[ap-southeast-2-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=ap-southeast-2#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
+[sa-east-1-pv-stack-url]: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=sa-east-1#/stacks/new?stackName=kong-elb-pv&templateURL=https:%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fkong-cf-templates%2Fv2.0.1%2Fkong-elb-pv.template
 [stack-badge]: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/cloudformation-launch-stack.png
diff --git a/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template b/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
index 6e6ecba..3cc11d5 100644
--- a/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
+++ b/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-hvm.template
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
                 "   echo -e \"        - $hostName\"  >> hosts\n",
                 "done;\n",
                 "sed -i $'/.*\"localhost:9042\"\/{r hosts\\n d}' \/etc\/kong\/kong.yml\n",
-                "sleep 1m\n",
+                "sleep `echo $(( RANDOM % ( 60 - 30 + 1 ) + 30 ))`\n",
                 "count=4\n",
                 "until [ -f \"\/usr\/local\/kong\/kong.pid\" ]\n",
                 "do\n",
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
                 "      echo \"trying to start kong..\"\n",
                 "      su -s \/bin\/sh -c \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/kong start\" ec2-user\n",
                 "      count=\"$(($count-1))\"\n",
-                "      sleep 15s\n",
+                "      sleep `echo $(( RANDOM % ( 60 - 30 + 1 ) + 30 ))`\n",
                 "   fi\n", 
                 "done\n",
                 "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e 0 --reason \"Kong setup completed\" '", { "Ref" : "KongWaitHandle" }, "'\n"   
diff --git a/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-pv.template b/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
index 990a658..b983960 100644
--- a/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
+++ b/templates/kong-elb-cassandra-pv.template
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
                 "   echo -e \"        - $hostName\"  >> hosts\n",
                 "done;\n",
                 "sed -i $'/.*\"localhost:9042\"\/{r hosts\\n d}' \/etc\/kong\/kong.yml\n",
-                "sleep 1m\n",
+                "sleep `echo $(( RANDOM % ( 60 - 30 + 1 ) + 30 ))`\n",
                 "count=4\n",
                 "until [ -f \"\/usr\/local\/kong\/kong.pid\" ]\n",
                 "do\n",
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
                 "      echo \"trying to start kong..\"\n",
                 "      su -s \/bin\/sh -c \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/kong start\" ec2-user\n",
                 "      count=\"$(($count-1))\"\n",
-                "      sleep 15s\n",
+                "      sleep `echo $(( RANDOM % ( 60 - 30 + 1 ) + 30 ))`\n",
                 "   fi\n", 
                 "done\n",
                 "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e 0 --reason \"Kong setup completed\" '", { "Ref" : "KongWaitHandle" }, "'\n"   
diff --git a/templates/kong-elb-hvm.template b/templates/kong-elb-hvm.template
index 03889b9..cd6ca73 100644
--- a/templates/kong-elb-hvm.template
+++ b/templates/kong-elb-hvm.template
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
                 "      echo \"trying to start kong..\"\n",
                 "      su -s \/bin\/sh -c \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/kong start\" ec2-user\n",
                 "      count=\"$(($count-1))\"\n",
-                "      sleep 15s\n",
+                "      sleep `echo $(( RANDOM % ( 60 - 30 + 1 ) + 30 ))`\n",
                 "   fi\n", 
                 "done\n",
                 "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e 0 --reason \"Kong setup completed\" '", { "Ref" : "KongWaitHandle" }, "'\n" 
diff --git a/templates/kong-elb-pv.template b/templates/kong-elb-pv.template
index d090a55..be89e04 100644
--- a/templates/kong-elb-pv.template
+++ b/templates/kong-elb-pv.template
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
                 "      echo \"trying to start kong..\"\n",
                 "      su -s \/bin\/sh -c \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/kong start\" ec2-user\n",
                 "      count=\"$(($count-1))\"\n",
-                "      sleep 15s\n",
+                "      sleep `echo $(( RANDOM % ( 60 - 30 + 1 ) + 30 ))`\n",
                 "   fi\n", 
                 "done\n",
                 "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e 0 --reason \"Kong setup completed\" '", { "Ref" : "KongWaitHandle" }, "'\n"