diff --git a/scripts/jenkins-common.sh b/scripts/jenkins-common.sh
index fe2e867697..4b4c23b3f5 100644
--- a/scripts/jenkins-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/jenkins-common.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source $HOME/jenkins_env
 NODE_ENV_DIR=$HOME/nenv
 NODE_VERSION=8.9.3
 
-NODE_INSTALL_COMMAND="nodeenv --node=$NODE_VERSION --prebuilt $NODE_ENV_DIR --force"
+NODE_INSTALL_COMMAND="nodeenv --node=$NODE_VERSION --prebuilt $NODE_ENV_DIR --force --verbose"
 
 # Clear the mongo database
 # Note that this prevents us from running jobs in parallel on a single worker.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rm -rf $NODE_ENV_DIR
 # Occasionally, the command to install node hangs. We need to catch that and retry.
 # Note that this will retry even if the command itself fails.
 WAIT_COUNT=0
-until timeout 30s $NODE_INSTALL_COMMAND || [ $WAIT_COUNT -eq 2 ]; do
+until timeout 60s $NODE_INSTALL_COMMAND || [ $WAIT_COUNT -eq 2 ]; do
     echo "re-trying to install node version..."
     sleep 2
     WAIT_COUNT=$((WAIT_COUNT+1))