diff --git a/contrib/ruby/jasmine_runner.rb b/contrib/ruby/jasmine_runner.rb
index 07cd92d5..17dcda81 100644
--- a/contrib/ruby/jasmine_runner.rb
+++ b/contrib/ruby/jasmine_runner.rb
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ module Jasmine
 
       @jasmine_server_pid = fork do
         Jasmine::SimpleServer.start(@jasmine_server_port, @spec_files, @dir_mappings)
+        sleep(100000)
       end
       puts "jasmine server started.  pid is #{@jasmine_server_pid}"