diff --git a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
index cba7c860d..187e57973 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ function cleanup(done) {
     async.series([
         server.stop,
 
+        function (callback) { setTimeout(callback, 2000); }, // give taskmanager tasks couple of seconds to finish
+
         database._clear,
 
         child_process.exec.bind(null, 'docker rm -f mysql; docker rm -f postgresql; docker rm -f mongodb')