diff --git a/legal-api/gunicorn_config.py b/legal-api/gunicorn_config.py
index c4eb50acf..dbcc1e0b5 100755
--- a/legal-api/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/legal-api/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 """
 
 import os
+import gunicorn_server
 
 workers = int(os.environ.get('GUNICORN_PROCESSES', '1'))  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 threads = int(os.environ.get('GUNICORN_THREADS', '1'))  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
 forwarded_allow_ips = '*'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 secure_scheme_headers = {'X-Forwarded-Proto': 'https'}  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+
+# Server Hooks
+pre_fork = gunicorn_server.pre_fork
diff --git a/legal-api/gunicorn_server.py b/legal-api/gunicorn_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62168b81a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legal-api/gunicorn_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+import time
+
+
+def pre_fork(server, worker):
+    # Delay loading of each worker by 5 seconds
+    # This is done to work around an issue where the Traction API is returning an invalid token. The issue happens
+    # when successive token retrieval calls are made with less than 2-3 seconds between the calls.
+    time.sleep(5)
+
+
+pre_fork = pre_fork