diff --git a/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh b/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh
index 7924f6e4e8e4a7b3c8bbb5804cf3cf584afbc5d5..4739b15ede1f05eae4cef4b1e89a817ddf1e8ddb 100755
--- a/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh
+++ b/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ version=0.7
 #    ""
 #)
 
+#
+# The SOCKETS_PERMS array is used to configure permissions for forwarded sockets.
+#
+#SOCKETS_PERMS=(
+#    ""
+#    ""
+#)
+
 #
 # The RECONNECT_TIMER is used in case of a tunnel connection to be lost. After 
 # the script is detecting that the connection was lost, the time defined the 
@@ -429,7 +437,9 @@ case $COMMAND in
 				echotime "START - Starting tunnel '${TUNNEL_NAMES[$idx]}' (ID $idx) ... PID: $RESULT_PID"
 				echo "Starting tunnel '${TUNNEL_NAMES[$idx]}' ... Done"
 
+				sleep "0.2"
 				if [ -e "${SOCKETS[$idx]}" ]; then
+					echo "Setting socket permissions to ${SOCKETS_PERMS[$idx]}"
 					chmod ${SOCKETS_PERMS[$idx]} ${SOCKETS[$idx]}
 				fi
 			fi