diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/scripts/stopBGL.sh b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/scripts/stopBGL.sh
index 482f53a41e5eaa451346f778f21498804f7c036f..ed5dfb79fe1c59fdcdc59f8c16b777b674982958 100755
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/scripts/stopBGL.sh
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/scripts/stopBGL.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function writecommand {
 
   # Send the stop command for a graceful shutdown
   COMMAND_HOST=`getCobaltHosts -C $PARSET`
-  timeout 60s ssh $COMMAND_HOST "echo $CMD > $PIPE"
+  timeout 60s ssh $COMMAND_HOST "timeout 60s echo $CMD > $PIPE"
 }
 
 (