diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
index 62aad08..b3e4c05 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
                 "Job\sis\salready\srunning",
                 "start/running",
                 "Unknown\sinstance",
-                pexpect.TIMEOUT],timeout=60)
+                pexpect.TIMEOUT],timeout=120)
 
             if i == 0:
                 main.log.info("Service is already running")