diff --git a/back/tests-helper.js b/back/tests-helper.js
index 96f75f0642..e15859d635 100644
--- a/back/tests-helper.js
+++ b/back/tests-helper.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ async function init() {
     });
     // FIXME: Workaround to wait for loopback to be ready
     app.emit('started');
-    await app.models.Application.status();
+    await getStatus();
 }
 
 async function deinit() {
@@ -33,3 +33,20 @@ module.exports = {
 if (require.main === module)
     init();
 
+async function getStatus() {
+    const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10;
+    let attempts = 0;
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const intervalo = setInterval(async() => {
+            try {
+                const resultado = await app.models.Application.status();
+                clearInterval(intervalo);
+                resolve(resultado);
+            } catch (error) {
+                console.log('Attempt to connect ' + attempts + '/' + MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+                if (attempts >= MAX_ATTEMPTS)reject(error);
+            }
+            attempts++;
+        }, 100);
+    });
+}