diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index da8f5559..a6d8e1e8 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         :param tries:
         :return:
         """
+        sleep(self.proc_rank*2)
         root_node = os.environ['SLURM_NODELIST'].split(' ')[0]
         os.environ['MASTER_ADDR'] = root_node
         os.environ['MASTER_PORT'] = f'{port}'