diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 66ce112..aceb92c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "3.0.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
+        "@pushrocks/smartdelay": "^2.0.13",
         "@pushrocks/smartfile": "^10.0.5",
         "@pushrocks/smartnetwork": "^3.0.0",
         "@pushrocks/smartpath": "^5.0.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcf6edf..7d958ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^18.7.14"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pushrocks/smartdelay": "^2.0.13",
     "@pushrocks/smartfile": "^10.0.5",
     "@pushrocks/smartnetwork": "^3.0.0",
     "@pushrocks/smartpath": "^5.0.5",
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 1e36c8d..033ddc6 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartpdf',
-  version: '3.0.8',
+  version: '3.0.9',
   description: 'create pdfs on the fly'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartpdf.classes.smartpdf.ts b/ts/smartpdf.classes.smartpdf.ts
index 1b3e577..67fa2e9 100644
--- a/ts/smartpdf.classes.smartpdf.ts
+++ b/ts/smartpdf.classes.smartpdf.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export class SmartPdf {
     const response = await page.goto(`http://localhost:3210/${pdfCandidate.pdfId}`, {
       waitUntil: 'networkidle2',
     });
+    await plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(1000);
     const headers = response.headers();
     if (headers['pdf-id'] !== pdfCandidate.pdfId) {
       console.log('Error! Headers do not match. For security reasons no pdf is being emitted!');
diff --git a/ts/smartpdf.plugins.ts b/ts/smartpdf.plugins.ts
index 7c2d0a4..785d790 100644
--- a/ts/smartpdf.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartpdf.plugins.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ export { http, path };
 
 // @pushrocks
 import * as smartfile from '@pushrocks/smartfile';
+import * as smartdelay from '@pushrocks/smartdelay';
 import * as smartpromise from '@pushrocks/smartpromise';
 import * as smartpath from '@pushrocks/smartpath';
 import * as smartpuppeteer from '@pushrocks/smartpuppeteer';
 import * as smartnetwork from '@pushrocks/smartnetwork';
 import * as smartunique from '@pushrocks/smartunique';
 
-export { smartfile, smartpromise, smartpath, smartpuppeteer, smartunique, smartnetwork };
+export { smartfile, smartdelay, smartpromise, smartpath, smartpuppeteer, smartunique, smartnetwork };
 
 // tsclass scope
 import * as tsclass from '@tsclass/tsclass';