diff --git a/test/app.js b/test/app.js
index 5480903..5b4adb0 100644
--- a/test/app.js
+++ b/test/app.js
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ app.set('view engine', 'html');
 app.register('.html', require('ejs'));
 
 app.get('/', function (req, res) {
-    res.render('child');
+    // create an artificial delay to test concurrency
+    setTimeout(function () {
+        res.render('child');
+    }, 1000);
 });
 
 // since this is a test server, don't listen -- just return the server.