diff --git a/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/_hbasecluster.tpl b/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/_hbasecluster.tpl
index bc25940..6e7850b 100644
--- a/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/_hbasecluster.tpl
+++ b/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/_hbasecluster.tpl
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ spec:
       {{- $data := dict "Values" .Values "root" .Values.deployments.datanode "scripts" $scripts "probescripts" $probescripts "initContainers" $initContainers "args" $args "portsArr" $portsArr "podManagementPolicy" $podManagementPolicy }}
       {{- include "hbasecluster.component" $data | indent 4 }}
     namenode:
-      {{- $podManagementPolicy := "OrderedReady" }}
+      {{- $podManagementPolicy := "Parallel" }}
       {{- $initContainers := list $dnsContainer $initnnContainer $initzkfcContainer $initnnbootstrapContainer }}
       {{- $nnscript := include "hbasecluster.nnscript" . | indent 6 }}
       {{- $zkfcscript := include "hbasecluster.zkfcscript" . | indent 6 }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/meta/_initnnscript.tpl b/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/meta/_initnnscript.tpl
index d1bc8ba..89231f1 100644
--- a/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/meta/_initnnscript.tpl
+++ b/helm-charts/hbase-chart/templates/meta/_initnnscript.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,33 @@
     export HADOOP_CONF_DIR={{ .Values.configuration.hadoopConfigMountPath }}
     export HADOOP_HOME={{ .Values.configuration.hadoopHomePath }}
 
+    # Get the journal node URIs
+    jn_uris=$($HADOOP_HOME/bin/hdfs getconf -confKey dfs.namenode.shared.edits.dir)
+
+    # Extract the journal node hostnames and ports
+    jn_hostnames_and_ports=${jn_uris#qjournal://}  # Remove the 'qjournal://' prefix
+    jn_hostnames_and_ports=${jn_hostnames_and_ports%/*}  # Remove the '/<nameserviceID>' suffix
+
+    # Split the hostnames and ports into an array
+    IFS=';' read -ra jn_array <<< "$jn_hostnames_and_ports"
+
+    # Access each journal node hostname using the array and wait until service is ready
+    for jn in "${jn_array[@]}"; do
+      jn_hostname=${jn%%:*}
+      until nslookup $jn_hostname; do
+        echo "Waiting for $jn_hostname to be ready..."
+        sleep 5
+      done
+    done
+
+    # Sleep for random time to avoid lock issue on journalnode quorum
+    sleep_time=$((RANDOM % 180))
+    echo "Sleeping for $sleep_time seconds"
+    sleep $sleep_time
+
+    echo "Formatting the namenode"
     echo "N" | $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hdfs namenode -format $($HADOOP_HOME/bin/hdfs getconf -confKey dfs.nameservices) || true
+
   cpuLimit: {{ $namenodeCpu | quote }}
   memoryLimit: {{ $namenodeMemory | quote }}
   cpuRequest: {{ $namenodeCpu | quote }}