diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux_benchmark_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/linux_benchmark_testing.yml
index 4a6a742..5c8da2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux_benchmark_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux_benchmark_testing.yml
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: .github/workflows
         run: terraform validate
 
-      - name: Validate path contents
-        if: env.ENABLE_DEBUG == 'true'
-        working-directory: .github/workflows
-        run: pwd && ls -laR
-
       - name: Terraform_Apply
         working-directory: .github/workflows
         env:
@@ -86,14 +81,20 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: .github/workflows
         run: cat hosts.yml
 
-# Ensure system is up for connections before continuing
+# Centos 7 images take a while to come up insert sleep or playbook fails
 
-      # - name: Check system is up and running
-      #   working-directory: .github/workflows
-      #   env:
-      #     PRIVATE_KEY: "${{ secrets.SSH_PRV_KEY }}"
-      #   id: test_os
-      #   run: ansible all -i hosts.yml -m wait_for -a "port=22 delay=10 timeout=600" -u ec2-user -e ansible_ssh_private_key_file='{{ lookup("env", "PRIVATE_KEY") }}'
+      - name: Check if test os is rhel7
+        working-directory: .github/workflows
+        id: test_os
+        run: >-
+          echo "::set-output name=RHEL7::$(
+          grep -c RHEL7 OS.tfvars
+          )"
+
+      - name: if RHEL7 - Sleep for 60 seconds
+        if: steps.test_os.outputs.RHEL7 >= 1
+        run: sleep 60s
+        shell: bash
 
 # Run the ansible playbook
       - name: Run_Ansible_Playbook
@@ -116,4 +117,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-        run: terraform destroy -var-file "OS.tfvars" -var-file "github_vars.tfvars" --auto-approve -input=false
+        run: terraform destroy -var-file "OS.tfvars" -var-file "github_vars.tfvars" --auto-approve -input=false
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.tf b/.github/workflows/main.tf
index b231d2a..3c3954f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.tf
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.tf
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ resource "local_file" "inventory" {
         system_is_ec2: true
         audit_git_version: devel
     EOF
-}
+}
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