diff --git a/onboard-exampleservice-playbook.yml b/onboard-exampleservice-playbook.yml
index 2ca154f..d167527 100644
--- a/onboard-exampleservice-playbook.yml
+++ b/onboard-exampleservice-playbook.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Adds the exampleservice to the currently running pod
 
 - name: Include vars
-  hosts: all
+  hosts: head
   tasks:
     - name: Include variables
       include_vars: "{{ item }}"
diff --git a/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml b/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
index 12bf2af..08fad6b 100644
--- a/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/test-exampleservice/tasks/main.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
   shell: lxc exec testclient -- route | grep default | grep "eth0.222.111"
   register: result
   until: result | success
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 10
+  retries: 20
+  delay: 30
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
 
diff --git a/roles/test-vsg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/test-vsg/tasks/main.yml
index 5e029f7..6beb908 100644
--- a/roles/test-vsg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/test-vsg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
   shell: lxc exec testclient -- route | grep default | grep "eth0.222.111"
   register: result
   until: result | success
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 10
+  retries: 20
+  delay: 30
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job