diff --git a/oar/tools/oar_phoenix.py b/oar/tools/oar_phoenix.py
index 7dd79955..ec599aec 100755
--- a/oar/tools/oar_phoenix.py
+++ b/oar/tools/oar_phoenix.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 PHOENIX_MAX_REBOOTS = 20
 
 # Timeout (s) for unix commands
-PHOENIX_CMD_TIMEOUT = 15
+PHOENIX_CMD_TIMEOUT = 60
 
 # Properties of the broken nodes (SQL where clause)
 PHOENIX_BROKEN_NODES = "state='Suspected' and network_address NOT IN (SELECT distinct(network_address) FROM resources where resource_id IN (SELECT resource_id  FROM assigned_resources WHERE assigned_resource_index = 'CURRENT')) and network_address not like 'luke%' and network_address != 'dahu33' and network_address not like 'bigfoot%'"
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def send_cmd(cmd):
                 else:
                     logfile.write(f"{current_time} - Command executed, no output\n")
             except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+                logfile.write(f"{current_time} - Command timed out!\n")
                 process.kill()
                 return "Timed out!"
     except Exception as e:
@@ -125,20 +126,22 @@ def get_nodes_to_hard_reboot(db, broken_nodes):
 
 # Soft reboot nodes
 def soft_reboot_nodes(db, nodes):
-  with open(f"{PHOENIX_LOGDIR}/oar_phoenix.log", "a") as logfile:
+    logfile=open(f"{PHOENIX_LOGDIR}/oar_phoenix.log", "a")
     current_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
     for node in nodes:
         logfile.write(f"{current_time} - Soft rebooting the broken node {node}\n")
+        logfile.close()
         cmd = PHOENIX_SOFT_REBOOTCMD.replace("{NODENAME}", node)
         db[node] = {'soft_reboot': time.time()}
         send_cmd(cmd)
 
 # Hard reboot nodes
 def hard_reboot_nodes(db, nodes):
-  with open(f"{PHOENIX_LOGDIR}/oar_phoenix.log", "a") as logfile:
+    logfile=open(f"{PHOENIX_LOGDIR}/oar_phoenix.log", "a")
     current_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
     for node in nodes:
         logfile.write(f"{current_time} - Hard rebooting the broken node {node}\n")
+        logfile.close()
         cmd = PHOENIX_HARD_REBOOTCMD.replace("{NODENAME}", node)
         del db[node]
         db[node] = {'hard_reboot': time.time()}