diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/networking/NetworkUtils.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/networking/NetworkUtils.java
index ac3e29326..584c4be5e 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/networking/NetworkUtils.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/networking/NetworkUtils.java
@@ -82,23 +82,48 @@ public class NetworkUtils {
 
     private static List<NMDeviceInfo> allInterfaces = null;
     private static long lastReadTimestamp = 0;
+    private static long timeout = 5000; // milliseconds
+    private static long retry = 500; // milliseconds
 
-    public static List<NMDeviceInfo> getAllInterfaces() {
-        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        if (now - lastReadTimestamp < 5000) return allInterfaces;
-        else lastReadTimestamp = now;
-
+    public static synchronized List<NMDeviceInfo> getAllInterfaces() {
+        var start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        if (start - lastReadTimestamp < 5000) {
+            return allInterfaces;
+        }
         var ret = new ArrayList<NMDeviceInfo>();
 
         if (Platform.isLinux()) {
             String out = null;
             try {
                 var shell = new ShellExec(true, false);
-                shell.executeBashCommand(
-                        "nmcli -t -f GENERAL.CONNECTION,GENERAL.DEVICE,GENERAL.TYPE device show", true, false);
-                out = shell.getOutput();
+                boolean networkManagerRunning = false;
+                boolean tryagain = true;
+
+                do {
+                    shell.executeBashCommand(
+                            "nmcli -t -f GENERAL.CONNECTION,GENERAL.DEVICE,GENERAL.TYPE device show", true, true);
+                    // nmcli returns an error of 8 if NetworkManager isn't running
+                    networkManagerRunning = shell.getExitCode() != 8;
+                    tryagain = System.currentTimeMillis() - start < timeout;
+                    if (!networkManagerRunning && tryagain) {
+                        logger.debug("NetworkManager not running, retrying in " + (retry) + " milliseconds");
+                        Thread.sleep(retry);
+                    }
+                } while (!networkManagerRunning && tryagain);
+
+                timeout = 0; // only try once after the first time
+
+                if (networkManagerRunning) {
+                    out = shell.getOutput();
+                } else {
+                    logger.error(
+                            "Timed out trying to reach NetworkManager, may not be able to configure networking");
+                }
+
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 logger.error("IO Exception occured when calling nmcli to get network interfaces!", e);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                logger.error("Interrupted while waiting for NetworkManager", e);
             }
             if (out != null) {
                 Pattern pattern =
@@ -120,6 +145,8 @@ public class NetworkUtils {
             }
             allInterfaces = ret;
         }
+        lastReadTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
         return ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/Main.java b/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/Main.java
index c11bc0203..6191fa501 100644
--- a/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/Main.java
+++ b/photon-server/src/main/java/org/photonvision/Main.java
@@ -276,10 +276,6 @@ public class Main {
         ConfigManager.getInstance().load(); // init config manager
         ConfigManager.getInstance().requestSave();
 
-        logger.debug("Loading HardwareManager...");
-        // Force load the hardware manager
-        HardwareManager.getInstance();
-
         logger.info("Loading ML models...");
         var modelManager = NeuralNetworkModelManager.getInstance();
         modelManager.extractModels();
@@ -293,6 +289,10 @@ public class Main {
                 .setConfig(ConfigManager.getInstance().getConfig().getNetworkConfig());
         NetworkTablesManager.getInstance().registerTimedTasks();
 
+        logger.debug("Loading HardwareManager...");
+        // Force load the hardware manager
+        HardwareManager.getInstance();
+
         if (isSmoketest) {
             logger.info("PhotonVision base functionality loaded -- smoketest complete");
             System.exit(0);