diff --git a/cmd/deploy/main.go b/cmd/deploy/main.go
index 23f61e2..165d91d 100644
--- a/cmd/deploy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/deploy/main.go
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ WALLARM_REGION=%s
 		return
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("Installing %d node(s)...\n", len(s.Nodes))
 	for _, node := range s.Nodes {
 		if err := native.InstallNode(node, s.APIToken, s.APIHost, labels); err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Deployment failed: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/internal/native/native.go b/internal/native/native.go
index dc1bf3b..60879ae 100644
--- a/internal/native/native.go
+++ b/internal/native/native.go
@@ -83,30 +83,14 @@ func InstallNode(node state.Node, apiToken, apiHost, labels string) error {
 	exec.Command("bash", filepath.Join(DeployTo, "pick-module.sh")).Run()
 
 	fmt.Printf("[%s] Registering node...\n", node.Name)
-	fmt.Printf("[%s] Registering node...\n", node.Name)
+	fmt.Printf("[%s] Registering node (this may take 30-60s)...\n", node.Name)
 	registerCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c",
 		fmt.Sprintf("source %s/env.list 2>/dev/null; %s/register-node job:register -token '%s' -host '%s'",
 			DeployTo, DeployTo, apiToken, apiHost))
 	registerCmd.Dir = DeployTo
-
-	// Run with explicit timeout
-	type result struct {
-		out []byte
-		err error
-	}
-	ch := make(chan result, 1)
-	go func() {
-		out, err := registerCmd.CombinedOutput()
-		ch <- result{out, err}
-	}()
-	select {
-	case r := <-ch:
-		if r.err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("register: %w\n%s", r.err, string(r.out))
-		}
-	case <-time.After(60 * time.Second):
-		registerCmd.Process.Kill()
-		return fmt.Errorf("registration timed out")
+	out, regErr := registerCmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if regErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("register: %w\n%s", regErr, string(out))
 	}
 
 	// 7. Stop our temporary NGINX, start Wallarm via supervisord