diff --git a/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py b/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py
index f987a420..3eb0d3c7 100755
--- a/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py
+++ b/py-scripts/tools/lf_check.py
@@ -610,8 +610,11 @@ NOTE: Diagrams are links in dashboard""".format(ip_qa=ip,qa_url=qa_url)
         out, err = process.communicate()
         errcode = process.returncode
         print("load_FACTORY_DFLT_database errcode: {errcode}".format(errcode=errcode))
+        # DO NOT REMOVE 15 second sleep.
+        # After every DB load, the loed changes are applied, and part of the apply is to re-build
+        # The underlying netsmith objects
+        sleep(15)
 
-    # not currently used
     def load_BLANK_database(self):
         try:
             os.chdir(self.scripts_wd)
@@ -626,7 +629,10 @@ NOTE: Diagrams are links in dashboard""".format(ip_qa=ip,qa_url=qa_url)
         out, err = process.communicate()
         errcode = process.returncode
         print("load_BLANK_database errcode: {errcode}".format(errcode=errcode))
-
+        # DO NOT REMOVE 15 second sleep.
+        # After every DB load, the loed changes are applied, and part of the apply is to re-build
+        # The underlying netsmith objects
+        sleep(15)
 
     def load_custom_database(self, custom_db):
         try:
@@ -642,6 +648,10 @@ NOTE: Diagrams are links in dashboard""".format(ip_qa=ip,qa_url=qa_url)
         out, err = process.communicate()
         errcode = process.returncode
         print("load_custome_database errcode: {errcode}".format(errcode=errcode))
+        # DO NOT REMOVE 15 second sleep.
+        # After every DB load, the loed changes are applied, and part of the apply is to re-build
+        # The underlying netsmith objects
+        sleep(15)
 
     def run_script_test(self):
         self.start_html_results()
@@ -765,25 +775,19 @@ NOTE: Diagrams are links in dashboard""".format(ip_qa=ip,qa_url=qa_url)
                         self.logger.info("no load_db present in dictionary, load db normally")
                         if self.use_factory_default_db == "TRUE":
                             self.load_FACTORY_DFLT_database()
-                            sleep(3)
                             self.logger.info("FACTORY_DFLT loaded between tests with scenario.py --load FACTORY_DFLT")
                         if self.use_blank_db == "TRUE":
                             self.load_BLANK_database()
-                            sleep(1)
                             self.logger.info("BLANK loaded between tests with scenario.py --load BLANK")
                         if self.use_custom_db == "TRUE":
                             try:
                                 self.load_custom_database(self.custom_db)
-                                sleep(1)
-                                self.logger.info("{} loaded between tests with scenario.py --load {}".format(self.custom_db,
-                                                                                                             self.custom_db))
+                                self.logger.info("{} loaded between tests with scenario.py --load {}".format(self.custom_db,self.custom_db))
                             except:
-                                self.logger.info("custom database failed to load check existance and location: {}".format(
-                                    self.custom_db))
+                                self.logger.info("custom database failed to load check existance and location: {}".format(self.custom_db))
                         else:
                             self.logger.info("no db loaded between tests: {}".format(self.use_custom_db))
 
-                    sleep(1)  # DO NOT REMOVE the sleep is to allow for the database to stablize
                     try:
                         os.chdir(self.scripts_wd)
                         # self.logger.info("Current Working Directory {}".format(os.getcwd()))