diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77182b8..1c990ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "peach-config"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "clap",
diff --git a/peach-config/Cargo.toml b/peach-config/Cargo.toml
index a81b605..f81ed62 100644
--- a/peach-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "peach-config"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 authors = ["Andrew Reid <gnomad@cryptolab.net>", "Max Fowler <max@mfowler.info>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Command line tool for installing, updating and configuring PeachCloud"
diff --git a/peach-config/src/error.rs b/peach-config/src/error.rs
index 862a866..9b47e6a 100644
--- a/peach-config/src/error.rs
+++ b/peach-config/src/error.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pub enum PeachConfigError {
     Golgi { source: GolgiError },
     #[snafu(display("{}", message))]
     CmdInputError { message: String },
+    #[snafu(display("{}", message))]
+    WaitForSbotError { message: String },
 }
 
 impl From<std::io::Error> for PeachConfigError {
diff --git a/peach-config/src/main.rs b/peach-config/src/main.rs
index 2fd7624..754083e 100644
--- a/peach-config/src/main.rs
+++ b/peach-config/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod setup_peach_deb;
 mod status;
 mod update;
 mod utils;
+mod wait_for_sbot;
 
 use clap::arg_enum;
 use log::error;
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ enum PeachConfig {
     /// It takes an address argument of the form host:port
     #[structopt(name = "publish-address")]
     PublishAddress(PublishAddressOpts),
+
+    /// Wait for a successful connection to sbot
+    #[structopt(name = "wait-for-sbot")]
+    WaitForSbot,
 }
 
 #[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
@@ -193,6 +198,14 @@ async fn run() {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            PeachConfig::WaitForSbot => match wait_for_sbot::wait_for_sbot().await {
+                Ok(sbot_id) => {
+                    println!("connected with sbot and found sbot_id: {:?}", sbot_id)
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!("peach-config did not successfully connect to sbot: {}", err)
+                }
+            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/peach-config/src/wait_for_sbot.rs b/peach-config/src/wait_for_sbot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9564261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-config/src/wait_for_sbot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use std::{thread, time};
+
+use crate::error::PeachConfigError;
+use peach_lib::sbot::init_sbot;
+
+static MAX_NUM_ATTEMPTS: u8 = 10;
+
+/// Utility function to wait for a successful whoami call with sbot
+/// After each attempt to call whoami it waits 2 seconds,
+/// and if after MAX_NUM_ATTEMPTS (10) there is no successful whoami call
+/// it returns an Error. Otherwise it returns Ok(sbot_id).
+pub async fn wait_for_sbot() -> Result<String, PeachConfigError> {
+    let mut num_attempts = 0;
+    let mut whoami = None;
+
+    while num_attempts < MAX_NUM_ATTEMPTS {
+        let mut sbot = None;
+
+        let sbot_res = init_sbot().await;
+        match sbot_res {
+            Ok(sbot_instance) => {
+                sbot = Some(sbot_instance);
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                eprintln!("failed to connect to sbot: {:?}", err);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if sbot.is_some() {
+            let sbot_id_res = sbot.unwrap().whoami().await;
+            match sbot_id_res {
+                Ok(sbot_id) => {
+                    whoami = Some(sbot_id);
+                    break;
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    eprintln!("whoami failed: {:?}", err);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        println!("trying to connect to sbot again {:?}", num_attempts);
+        num_attempts += 1;
+
+        let sleep_duration = time::Duration::from_secs(2);
+        thread::sleep(sleep_duration);
+    }
+
+    whoami.ok_or(PeachConfigError::WaitForSbotError {
+        message: "Failed to find sbot_id after 10 attempts".to_string(),
+    })
+}