diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/ControlCommandsTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/ControlCommandsTest.java
index 832cd6c..bba56c1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/ControlCommandsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/ControlCommandsTest.java
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ public class ControlCommandsTest extends JedisCommandTestBase {
     public void monitor() {
 	new Thread(new Runnable() {
 	    public void run() {
+    	try {
+    		// sleep 100ms to make sure that monitor thread runs first 
+    		Thread.sleep(100);
+    	} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+    	}
 		Jedis j = new Jedis("localhost");
 		j.auth("foobared");
 		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {