diff --git a/wally/start_vms.py b/wally/start_vms.py
index 7e1c687..3ab4383 100644
--- a/wally/start_vms.py
+++ b/wally/start_vms.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     return vol
 
 
-def wait_for_server_active(nova, server, timeout=240):
+def wait_for_server_active(nova, server, timeout=300):
     t = time.time()
     while True:
         time.sleep(1)
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
 
 def launch_vms(params, already_has_count=0):
-    logger.debug("Starting new nodes on openstack")
+    logger.debug("Calculating new vm count")
     count = params['count']
     nova = nova_connect()
     lst = nova.services.list(binary='nova-compute')
@@ -305,8 +305,11 @@
             count = int(count[1:]) - already_has_count
 
     if count <= 0:
+        logger.debug("Not need new vms")
         return
 
+    logger.debug("Starting new nodes on openstack")
+
     assert isinstance(count, (int, long))
 
     srv_params = "img: {image[name]}, flavor: {flavor[name]}".format(**params)