diff --git a/test/Resque/Tests/bootstrap.php b/test/Resque/Tests/bootstrap.php
index e21707c..c7ded09 100644
--- a/test/Resque/Tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/test/Resque/Tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if($returnVar != 0) {
 }
 
 exec('cd ' . TEST_MISC . '; redis-server ' . REDIS_CONF, $output, $returnVar);
+usleep(500000);
 if($returnVar != 0) {
 	echo "Cannot start redis-server.\n";
 	exit(1);
@@ -46,8 +47,11 @@ if(!preg_match('#^\s*port\s+([0-9]+)#m', $config, $matches)) {
 Resque::setBackend('localhost:' . $matches[1]);
 
 // Shutdown
-function killRedis()
+function killRedis($pid)
 {
+    if (getmypid() !== $pid) {
+        return; // don't kill from a forked worker
+    }
 	$config = file_get_contents(REDIS_CONF);
 	if(!preg_match('#^\s*pidfile\s+([^\s]+)#m', $config, $matches)) {
 		return;
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ function killRedis()
 		unlink($filename);
 	}
 }
-register_shutdown_function('killRedis');
+register_shutdown_function('killRedis', getmypid());
 
 if(function_exists('pcntl_signal')) {
 	// Override INT and TERM signals, so they do a clean shutdown and also