diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-measurements.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-measurements.groovy
index 37cd708..8e2a006 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-measurements.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-measurements.groovy
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     stage('set-description') {
       steps {
         script {
-          currentBuild.description = "${onuPerPon} ONU x ${ponPorts} PON"
+          currentBuild.description = "${onuPerPon} ONU x ${ponPorts} PON - BBSIM Delay ${BBSIMdelay}"
         }
       }
     }
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
           sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@localhost cfg set org.onosproject.provider.of.flow.impl.OpenFlowRuleProvider flowPollFrequency ${flowStatInterval}
           #Setting the ports stats collection interval
           sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@localhost cfg set org.onosproject.provider.of.device.impl.OpenFlowDeviceProvider portStatsPollFrequency ${portsStatInterval}
+          # extending voltctl timeout
+          sed -i 's/timeout: 10s/timeout: 5m/g' /home/cord/.volt/config-minimal
         '''
       }
     }
@@ -205,4 +207,4 @@
       '''
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}