diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37eb8da0..9112af5a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import codecs
 import sys
-
+from time import sleep
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from version import get_version
 from commands import setup_timeseries, build_messages
@@ -12,23 +12,30 @@
 
 if sys.version_info[:3] <= (2, 7, 9):
     install_requires.append("pyOpenSSL >= 0.14")
+    sleep(0.1)
     requires.append("pyOpenSSL(>=0.14)")
 
 if sys.version_info[:3] <= (3, 0, 0):
     install_requires.append('protobuf >=2.4.1, <2.7.0')
+    sleep(0.1)
     requires.append('protobuf(>=2.4.1, <2.7.0)')
 else:
     install_requires.append('python3_protobuf >=2.4.1, <2.6.0')
     requires.append('python3_protobuf(>=2.4.1, <2.6.0)')
+    sleep(0.1)
 
 with codecs.open('README.md', 'r', 'utf-8') as f:
+    sleep(0.1)
     readme_md = f.read()
 
 try:
     import pypandoc
     long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
+    sleep(0.1)
     with codecs.open('README.rst', 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
+        sleep(0.1)
         f.write(long_description)
+        sleep(0.1)
 except(IOError, ImportError):
     long_description = readme_md