diff --git a/skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-session.sh b/skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-session.sh
index c40d7f8..5c31fe0 100755
--- a/skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-session.sh
+++ b/skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-session.sh
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ cmd_start() {
     local msg_file="$worktree_path/.kugetsu-msg.txt"
     printf '%s' "$dev_message" > "$msg_file"
     nohup sh -c "GITEA_TOKEN='${GITEA_TOKEN:-}' opencode run '@$msg_file' --session '$new_session_id'" >> "$LOGS_DIR/dev-$sanitized_id.log" 2>&1 &
+    sleep 0.5
     rm -f "$msg_file"
     
     echo "Session started for '$issue_ref': $new_session_id"
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ cmd_continue() {
     local msg_file="$worktree_path/.kugetsu-msg.txt"
     printf '%s' "$message" > "$msg_file"
     nohup sh -c "GITEA_TOKEN='${GITEA_TOKEN:-}' opencode run '@$msg_file' --session '$opencode_session_id'" >> "$LOGS_DIR/dev-$sanitized_id.log" 2>&1 &
+    sleep 0.5
     rm -f "$msg_file"
 }