diff --git a/generate-dns-record.py b/generate-dns-record.py
index 8c4b7df..4e6ac0d 100755
--- a/generate-dns-record.py
+++ b/generate-dns-record.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # with certbot)
 
 import os
+import random
 import requests
 import time
 from DnsRecordDeleter import delete_dns_record
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@ record = {
     "rrset_values": [validation_token],
 }
 
+# Due to there being multiple subdomains being requested, this
+# script will be invoked multiple times with different domain
+# values. As such, to avoid conflicts, we will delay each run
+# of this script a random number of seconds, between 0 and 180
+# to make sure there are no conflicts between the separate
+# runs of this script
+random_nr = random.randrange(0, 180)
+time.sleep(random_nr)
+
 response = requests.post(LIVEDNS_API_URL + '/' + domain
         + '/records', headers=headers, json=record)