diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go
index d9ae2e092..65bc9a026 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/functions.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type EnterPodInput struct {
 	SelectedPod v1.Pod
 
 	// WaitTimeout is the timeout to wait for the pod to be ready
-	WaitTimeout int
+	WaitTimeout float64
 }
 
 // Node contains information about a node
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ type WaitForPodBySelectorRunningInput struct {
 	Namespace     string
 	LabelSelector string
 	PodName       string
-	Timeout       int
+	Timeout       float64
 	Waiter        func(ctx context.Context, clientset KubernetesClient, podName, namespace string) wait.ConditionWithContextFunc
 }
 
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ func enterPod(ctx context.Context, input EnterPodInput) error {
 		labelSelector = append(labelSelector, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 
-	if input.WaitTimeout > 0 {
-		input.WaitTimeout = 5
+	if input.WaitTimeout == 0 {
+		input.WaitTimeout = 10
 	}
 
 	err := waitForPodBySelectorRunning(ctx, WaitForPodBySelectorRunningInput{
@@ -1694,14 +1694,14 @@ func waitForPodBySelectorRunning(ctx context.Context, input WaitForPodBySelector
 		RetryCount:    3,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error waiting for pod to exist: %w", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	if len(pods) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no pods in %s with selector %s", input.Namespace, input.LabelSelector)
 	}
 
-	timeout := time.Duration(input.Timeout) * time.Second
+	timeout := time.Duration(input.Timeout * float64(time.Second))
 	for _, pod := range pods {
 		if input.PodName != "" && pod.Name != input.PodName {
 			break
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ func waitForPodBySelectorRunning(ctx context.Context, input WaitForPodBySelector
 
 		if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, time.Second, timeout, false, input.Waiter(ctx, input.Clientset, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)); err != nil {
 			print("\n")
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error waiting for pod to be ready: %w", err)
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	print("\n")
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
index 5eec80a4e..d7bde9032 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ func TriggerSchedulerRun(scheduler string, appName string, envCount int, args []
 		Clientset:     clientset,
 		Namespace:     namespace,
 		LabelSelector: batchJobSelector,
-		Timeout:       300,
+		Timeout:       10,
 		Waiter:        isPodReady,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@ func TriggerSchedulerRun(scheduler string, appName string, envCount int, args []
 			Command:     command,
 			Entrypoint:  entrypoint,
 			SelectedPod: selectedPod,
+			WaitTimeout: 10,
 		})
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to attach as the pod is in an unknown state: %s", selectedPod.Status.Phase)