diff --git a/platform_plugin_aspects/management/commands/load_test_tracking_events.py b/platform_plugin_aspects/management/commands/load_test_tracking_events.py
index dcb6edb..e243291 100644
--- a/platform_plugin_aspects/management/commands/load_test_tracking_events.py
+++ b/platform_plugin_aspects/management/commands/load_test_tracking_events.py
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ def record_start(self) -> None:
             "username_prefix": self.username_prefix,
         })
 
+        # Let the monitoring script connect, otherwise we can finish the test before it even
+        # knows we've started.
+        sleep(5)
+
     def record_end(self) -> None:
         self.record_to_clickhouse("end", {
             "sent_event_count": self.sent_event_count