diff --git a/autosubmit/job/job.py b/autosubmit/job/job.py
index 8e51ac58bd5e81220db6a78ab43751ad9ce9625c..e2ddb23ccad4559a323666442fec1331539a3521 100644
--- a/autosubmit/job/job.py
+++ b/autosubmit/job/job.py
@@ -938,10 +938,18 @@ class Job(object):
             if as_conf.get_project_type().lower() != "none":
                 template_file = open(os.path.join(
                     as_conf.get_project_dir(), self.file), 'r')
-                template = template_file.read()
+                template = ''
+                if as_conf.get_remote_dependencies():
+                    if self.type == Type.BASH:
+                        template = 'sleep 30' +"\n"
+                    elif self.type == Type.PYTHON:
+                        template = 'time.sleep(30)' +"\n"
+                    elif self.type == Type.R:
+                        template = 'Sys.sleep(30)' +"\n"
+                template += template_file.read()
             else:
                 if self.type == Type.BASH:
-                    template = 'sleep 120'
+                    template = 'sleep 5'
                 elif self.type == Type.PYTHON:
                     template = 'time.sleep(5)'
                 elif self.type == Type.R: