diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-server-update.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-server-update.sh
index f13723ac1..c61f9253d 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-server-update.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-server-update.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ _root_check
 cd "${_ISO_HOME_CHROOTS}" || exit 1
 # stop if MASK is set
 [[ -e MASK ]] && exit 0
+_FIRST_RUN=1
 for i in ${_SERVER_ARCH}; do
+    [[ -z "${_FIRST_RUN}" ]] && sleep "${_SERVER_WAIT}"
+    _FIRST_RUN=""
     #  create container
     if ! [[ -d "${i}" ]]; then
         archboot-"${i}"-create-container.sh "${i}" -cp || exit 1
@@ -31,7 +34,6 @@ for i in ${_SERVER_ARCH}; do
         # if trigger successful, release new image to server
         if rg -qw "${k}" "${i}"/var/log/pacman.log; then
             archboot-"${i}"-server-release.sh || echo "Error: ${i} release!" >> error.log
-            sleep "${_SERVER_WAIT}" 
             break
         fi
     done