diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index e08816f7e..40ba03411 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 etcd1: bin/etcd -name infra1 -listen-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:12379 -advertise-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:12379 -listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:12380 -initial-advertise-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:12380 -initial-cluster-token etcd-cluster-1 -initial-cluster 'infra1=http://127.0.0.1:12380,infra2=http://127.0.0.1:22380,infra3=http://127.0.0.1:32380' -initial-cluster-state new
 etcd2: bin/etcd -name infra2 -listen-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:22379 -advertise-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:22379 -listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:22380 -initial-advertise-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:22380 -initial-cluster-token etcd-cluster-1 -initial-cluster 'infra1=http://127.0.0.1:12380,infra2=http://127.0.0.1:22380,infra3=http://127.0.0.1:32380' -initial-cluster-state new
 etcd3: bin/etcd -name infra3 -listen-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:32379 -advertise-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:32379 -listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:32380 -initial-advertise-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:32380 -initial-cluster-token etcd-cluster-1 -initial-cluster 'infra1=http://127.0.0.1:12380,infra2=http://127.0.0.1:22380,infra3=http://127.0.0.1:32380' -initial-cluster-state new
-proxy: bin/etcd -name infra-proxy1 -proxy=on -listen-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:2379 -initial-cluster 'infra1=http://127.0.0.1:12380,infra2=http://127.0.0.1:22380,infra3=http://127.0.0.1:32380'
+# wait 3 seconds until initial cluster is ready to be proxied.
+proxy: sleep 3s && bin/etcd -name infra-proxy1 -proxy=on -listen-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:2379 -initial-cluster 'infra1=http://127.0.0.1:12380,infra2=http://127.0.0.1:22380,infra3=http://127.0.0.1:32380'