diff --git a/cycling_utils/__init__.py b/cycling_utils/__init__.py
index f594a8a..035ab18 100644
--- a/cycling_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/cycling_utils/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from .datasets import DistributedShardedDataset
 from .saving import AtomicDirectory, atomic_torch_save
 from .timing import TimestampedTimer
+from .readiness import torch_distributed_readiness
 
 __all__ = [
     "InterruptableDistributedSampler",
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@
     "AtomicDirectory",
     "MetricsTracker",
     "TimestampedTimer",
+    "torch_distributed_readiness",
 ]
diff --git a/cycling_utils/readiness.py b/cycling_utils/readiness.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..825de15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cycling_utils/readiness.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import os
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
+
+
+def torch_distributed_readiness():
+    assert torch.cuda.is_available(), "CUDA not available."
+    dist.init_process_group("nccl")
+    global_rank = int(os.environ["RANK"])
+    local_rank = int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"])
+    world_size = int(os.environ["WORLD_SIZE"])
+    world_size_check = torch.tensor([global_rank + 1], device=local_rank)
+    dist.all_reduce(world_size_check)
+    all_reduce_result = world_size_check.item()
+    expected_result = world_size * (world_size + 1) / 2
+    assert (
+        all_reduce_result == expected_result
+    ), f"All reduce check failed, expected_result: {expected_result}, all_reduce_result: {all_reduce_result}"
+    dist.destroy_process_group()
+
+
+""" Useage:
+Alongside user project files, create two additional files (examples below):
+
+1. readiness_check.py
+2. readiness_check.sh
+
+Then in the experiment launch file, after sourcing venv and before launching torchrun, insert 
+"bash /path/to/readiness_check.sh &&" as follows
+
+# - fashion_mnist.isc - #
+
+isc_project_id = "<project-id>"
+experiment_name = "fashion_mnist"
+gpus = 16
+compute_mode = "burst"
+dataset_id_list = ["uds-decorous-field-baritone-250513"]
+command = '''
+source /root/.fashion/bin/activate && 
+bash /path/to/readiness_check.sh &&
+torchrun --nnodes=$NNODES --nproc-per-node=$N_PROC 
+--master_addr=$MASTER_ADDR --master_port=$MASTER_PORT --node_rank=$RANK 
+/root/isc-demos/fashion_mnist/train.py 
+--dataset-id uds-decorous-field-baritone-250513
+--lr 0.001 --batch-size 16'''
+
+The idea here is that the shell script essentially launches a mini project with torchrun before the 
+main project starts. The mini project initializes a process group and completes an all-reduce.
+Upon failure of the mini-project, it will re-try up to 5 times before failing completely.
+
+The hypothesis here is that something in torch may not yet be ready when torchrun starts, so we
+run the mini project to catch this failure if it's going to happen.
+
+# - readiness_check.py - #
+
+from cycling_utils import torch_distributed_readiness
+torch_distributed_readiness()
+
+# - readiness_check.sh - #
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+MAX_RETRIES=5
+RETRY_COUNT=0
+
+# Function to run the Python script
+run_python_script() {
+    torchrun --nnodes=$NNODES --nproc-per-node=$N_PROC --master_addr=$MASTER_ADDR --master_port=$MASTER_PORT --node_rank=$RANK /path/to/readiness_check.py
+    return $?
+}
+
+# Attempt to run the Python script with retries
+while [ $RETRY_COUNT -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]; do
+    echo "Attempt $((RETRY_COUNT + 1)) of $MAX_RETRIES"
+    if run_python_script; then
+        echo "Python script executed successfully"
+        exit 0
+    else
+        RETRY_COUNT=$((RETRY_COUNT + 1))
+        if [ $RETRY_COUNT -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]; then
+            echo "Python script failed. Retrying in 5 seconds..."
+            sleep 5
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+# If we reached here, all attempts failed
+echo "Error: Python script failed after $MAX_RETRIES attempts" >&2
+exit 1
+"""