diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 212cbdac..6401bc26 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ STATUS(){
 										else
 											timeout=`date --date='2 minutes' +%s`
 										fi
+										warn_timeout=`date --date='1 minutes' +%s`
+										
 										
 										checked=false
 										until [ "${checked}" = "" ]; do
@@ -459,9 +461,11 @@ STATUS(){
 											else
 												ssh -q root@${nip} [[ -f ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl ]] && checked="`${PH_CMD} \"ssh root@${nip} \"cat ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\" | diff - ${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]}/test.repl\"`"
 											fi
-											if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
+											if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "${timeout}" ]; then
 												timeout=true
 												break
+											elif [ "`date +%s`" -gt "${warn_timeout}" ]; then
+												echo -en " waiting for sync...  "
 											fi
 										done
 										if [ "${timeout}" = "true" ]; then