diff --git a/contrib/network-storage/heketi/roles/provision/tasks/setup/storage.yml b/contrib/network-storage/heketi/roles/provision/tasks/setup/storage.yml
index 64a78714c..1c471db3b 100644
--- a/contrib/network-storage/heketi/roles/provision/tasks/setup/storage.yml
+++ b/contrib/network-storage/heketi/roles/provision/tasks/setup/storage.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     - "heketi_storage_state.stdout|from_json|json_query(service_query)|length == 0"
     - "heketi_storage_state.stdout|from_json|json_query(job_query)|length == 0"
   register: "heketi_storage_result"
-- debug: { var: "heketi_storage_result" }
 - command: "kubectl get secrets,endpoints,services,jobs --output=json"
   register: "heketi_storage_state"
 - name: "Get state of heketi storage service, endpoint, secret and job."
@@ -35,3 +34,5 @@
     - "heketi_storage_state.stdout|from_json|json_query(job_query)|length == 1"
   retries: 60
   delay: 5
+# looks like there is some race condition that leads to "Database file did not appear, exiting.", can't figure out where
+- command: "sleep 10"