diff --git a/.github/workflows/job-runner.yaml b/.github/workflows/job-runner.yaml
index a8c6de0..e64a976 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/job-runner.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/job-runner.yaml
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ jobs:
       id: executejob
       continue-on-error: true
       run: |
-        timeout 150 \
+        # NOTE: we can't use `2>&1 | tee execute.log` b/c it hangs forever
+        # so if the command fails (for example b/c it doesn't have the right requirements)
+        # then we wont' be able to see the errors until we run it without redirecting output
         pangeo-forge-runner \
           bake \
           --repo=${{ github.event.inputs.repo }} \
           --ref=${{ github.event.inputs.ref }} \
-          -f .github/workflows/config.py 2>&1 | tee execute.log
+          -f .github/workflows/config.py > execute.log
 
         # export all the valuable information from the logs
         JOB_NAME=$(cat execute.log | grep -oP 'flinkdeployment\.flink\.apache\.org/\K[^ ]+' | head -n1)