diff --git a/launch_chffrplus.sh b/launch_chffrplus.sh
index d76dd9c181..9abf85a524 100755
--- a/launch_chffrplus.sh
+++ b/launch_chffrplus.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ function two_init {
 }
 
 function tici_init {
+  # wait longer for weston to come up
+  if [ -f "$BASEDIR/prebuilt" ]; then
+    sleep 3
+  fi
+
   sudo su -c 'echo "performance" > /sys/class/devfreq/soc:qcom,memlat-cpu0/governor'
   sudo su -c 'echo "performance" > /sys/class/devfreq/soc:qcom,memlat-cpu4/governor'
   nmcli connection modify --temporary lte gsm.auto-config yes