diff --git a/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load b/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load
index b06665d20..9cbfb66bd 100644
--- a/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load
+++ b/salt/kibana/bin/so-kibana-config-load
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-VERSION="7.6.1"
-curl -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/config/$VERSION" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
+KIBANA_VERSION="7.6.1"
+MAX_WAIT=60
+
+# Check to see if Kibana is available
+wait_step=0
+  until curl -s -XGET http://localhost:5601 > /dev/null ; do
+  wait_step=$(( ${wait_step} + 1 ))
+  echo "Waiting on Kibana...Attempt #$wait_step"
+        if [ ${wait_step} -gt ${MAX_WAIT} ]; then
+                echo "ERROR: Kibana not available for more than ${MAX_WAIT} seconds."
+                exit 5
+        fi
+                  sleep 1s;
+  done
+
+# Sleep additional JIC server is not ready
+sleep 30s
+
+# Load config
+curl -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/config/$KIBANA_VERSION" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
 { "attributes":
         {
           "defaultIndex": "2289a0c0-6970-11ea-a0cd-ffa0f6a1bc29",
@@ -12,6 +30,5 @@ curl -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/config/$VERSION" -H 'kbn-xsrf: tru
         }
 }'
 
-
+# Load saved objects
 curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@/opt/so/saltstack/salt/kibana/saved_objects.ndjson
-