diff --git a/scripts/2.first_start_k8s.sh b/scripts/2.first_start_k8s.sh
index 2e07ac3..b92d67f 100755
--- a/scripts/2.first_start_k8s.sh
+++ b/scripts/2.first_start_k8s.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ checkup() {
     while :
     do
       pinfo "Checking availability of node $host..."
-      if true | sshcmd root@${hosts[$host]};
+      if true | sshcmd -q root@${hosts[$host]};
       then
         pinfo "VM $host is up!"
         break
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ checkup() {
 
 start_control_plane() {
   for host in ${!hosts[*]}; do
-    sshcmd root@${hosts[$host]} << EOF
+    sshcmd -q root@${hosts[$host]} << EOF
       if ls /etc/kubernetes/manifests.static/* &>/dev/null ; then
         mv /etc/kubernetes/manifests.static/* /var/lib/kubelet/manifests/
       fi
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ wait_for_apiserver() {
   vip=$(extract_var clusters public_vip)
   vip_api_port=$(extract_var clusters api_port)
 
-  sleep 20
   while :
   do
     pinfo "Waiting for apiserver availability ($vip:$vip_api_port). Images may still being pulled... "
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ wait_for_apiserver() {
       pinfo "API is up!"
       break
     else
-      sleep 30
+      sleep 20
     fi
   done
 
@@ -73,20 +72,20 @@ install_addons() {
 }
 
 approve_kubelet_certificates() {
-  tries=5
+  tries=10
   nodes_num=$(kctl get node -oname|wc -l)
-  while [ "$nodes_num" != "${#hosts[*]}" ] ; do
-    pinfo "Waiting for certificates requests to be created by Kubelet when it's ready... ($tries/5)"
-    sleep 60s
+  while [ "$nodes_num" -lt "${#hosts[*]}" ] ; do
+    pinfo "Waiting for certificates requests to be created by Kubelet when it's ready... ($tries tries out of 10)"
+    sleep 20s
     csrs="$(kctl get csr|awk '/Pending/ {print $1}')"
     if [ "$csrs" != "" ]; then
       kctl certificate approve $csrs
     fi
     ((tries--))
     if [ "$tries" -lt "1" ]; then
-      pinfo "Timeout waiting for kubelet certificates creation, please investigate why all nodes are not up by now"
-      break
+      perror "Timeout waiting for kubelet certificates creation, please investigate why all nodes are not up by now"
     fi
+    nodes_num=$(kctl get node -oname|wc -l)
   done
   pinfo "All kubelets ($nodes_num) are up, enjoy !"
 }
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ unlock_store
 declare -A hosts && get_hosts
 checkup
 start_control_plane
-wait_for_apiserver
 create_kubeconfig
+wait_for_apiserver
 install_addons
 approve_kubelet_certificates # clients and serving certs