diff --git a/rclone-fstab-mount-helper-script.md b/rclone-fstab-mount-helper-script.md
index 5c4aa8a..fbd8781 100644
--- a/rclone-fstab-mount-helper-script.md
+++ b/rclone-fstab-mount-helper-script.md
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ To enable mounting a volume using rclone via an entry in fstab the following hel
     # exec rclone
     trans="$trans $remote $mountpoint"
     PATH=$PATH rclone mount $trans &
-    sleep 5
+
+    out=`ls -l $dst`
+    until [ "$out" != 'total 0' ]; do
+        out=`ls -l $dst`
+        sleep 1
+    done
+
 
 Then in `/etc/fstab` you can add something like: