diff --git a/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_commands.py b/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_commands.py
index fc6c2815..66fcb5ba 100644
--- a/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_commands.py
+++ b/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_commands.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 MV_ANSIBLE_CONFIG = (
     "sudo install -D /opt/playbook/ansible.cfg /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg", "Move ansible configuration.")
 EXECUTE = (f"ansible-playbook {os.path.join(aRP.PLAYBOOK_PATH_REMOTE, aRP.SITE_YML)} -i "
-           f"{os.path.join(aRP.PLAYBOOK_PATH_REMOTE, aRP.ANSIBLE_HOSTS)} -l vpn",
+           f"{os.path.join(aRP.PLAYBOOK_PATH_REMOTE, aRP.ANSIBLE_HOSTS)} -l vpn -vvvv",
            "Execute ansible playbook. Be patient.")
 
 # ansible setup
diff --git a/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_configurator.py b/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_configurator.py
index 642e9ae4..6dad0ac5 100644
--- a/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_configurator.py
+++ b/bibigrid/core/utility/ansible_configurator.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 SLURM_CONF = {"db": "slurm", "db_user": "slurm", "db_password": "changeme",
               "munge_key": id_generation.generate_munge_key(),
               "elastic_scheduling": {"SuspendTime": 3600, "ResumeTimeout": 900, "TreeWidth": 128}}
+CLOUD_SCHEDULING = {"timeout": 5}
 
 
 def delete_old_vars(log):
@@ -180,7 +181,11 @@ def generate_common_configuration_yaml(cidrs, configurations, cluster_id, ssh_us
                                  "slurm": master_configuration.get("slurm", True), "ssh_user": ssh_user,
                                  "slurm_conf": mergedeep.merge({}, SLURM_CONF,
                                                                master_configuration.get("slurmConf", {}),
-                                                               strategy=mergedeep.Strategy.TYPESAFE_REPLACE)}
+                                                               strategy=mergedeep.Strategy.TYPESAFE_REPLACE),
+                                 "cloud_scheduling": mergedeep.merge({}, CLOUD_SCHEDULING,
+                                                                          master_configuration.get(
+                                                                              "cloudScheduling", {}),
+                                                                          strategy=mergedeep.Strategy.TYPESAFE_REPLACE)}
     if master_configuration.get("nfs"):
         nfs_shares = master_configuration.get("nfsShares", [])
         nfs_shares = nfs_shares + DEFAULT_NFS_SHARES
@@ -197,8 +202,7 @@ def generate_common_configuration_yaml(cidrs, configurations, cluster_id, ssh_us
                                                                    master_configuration.get("zabbixConf", {}),
                                                                    strategy=mergedeep.Strategy.TYPESAFE_REPLACE)
 
-    for from_key, to_key in [("ansibleRoles", "ansible_roles"),
-                             ("ansibleGalaxyRoles", "ansible_galaxy_roles")]:
+    for from_key, to_key in [("ansibleRoles", "ansible_roles"), ("ansibleGalaxyRoles", "ansible_galaxy_roles")]:
         pass_through(master_configuration, common_configuration_yaml, from_key, to_key)
 
     if len(configurations) > 1:
diff --git a/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/create_server.py b/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/create_server.py
index ab9d2c12..00452b97 100644
--- a/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/create_server.py
+++ b/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/create_server.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def start_server(worker, start_worker_group, start_data):
         server_start_data["other_openstack_exception"].append(worker)
 
 
-def check_ssh_active(private_ip, private_key="/opt/slurm/.ssh/id_ecdsa", username="ubuntu", timeout=7):
+def check_ssh_active(private_ip, private_key="/opt/slurm/.ssh/id_ecdsa", username="ubuntu"):
     """
     Waits until SSH connects successful. This guarantees that the node can be reached via Ansible.
     @param private_ip: ip of node
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def check_ssh_active(private_ip, private_key="/opt/slurm/.ssh/id_ecdsa", usernam
                 establishing_connection = False
             except paramiko.ssh_exception.NoValidConnectionsError as exc:
                 logging.info("Attempting to connect to %s... This might take a while", private_ip)
-                if attempts < timeout:
+                if attempts < common_config["cloud_scheduling"]["timeout"]:
                     time.sleep(2 ** attempts)
                     attempts += 1
                 else:
@@ -213,16 +213,16 @@ def _run_playbook(cmdline_args):
 worker_groups = []
 for filename in os.listdir(GROUP_VARS_PATH):
     if filename != "master.yml":
-        f = os.path.join(GROUP_VARS_PATH, filename)
+        worker_group_yaml_file = os.path.join(GROUP_VARS_PATH, filename)
         # checking if it is a file
-        if os.path.isfile(f):
-            with open(f, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as worker_group:
-                worker_groups.append(yaml.safe_load(worker_group))
+        if os.path.isfile(worker_group_yaml_file):
+            with open(worker_group_yaml_file, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as worker_group_yaml:
+                worker_groups.append(yaml.safe_load(worker_group_yaml))
 
 # read common configuration
 with open("/opt/playbook/vars/common_configuration.yml", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as common_configuration_file:
     common_config = yaml.safe_load(common_configuration_file)
-
+logging.warning(f"ThisGrep {common_config['cloud_scheduling']['timeout']}")
 # read clouds.yaml
 with open("/etc/openstack/clouds.yaml", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as clouds_file:
     clouds = yaml.safe_load(clouds_file)["clouds"]