diff --git a/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/fail.sh b/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/fail.sh
index 38d723b4..af7904e9 100644
--- a/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/fail.sh
+++ b/resources/playbook/roles/bibigrid/files/slurm/fail.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ process_string() {
 }
 
 mkdir -p worker_logs
+mkdir -p worker_logs/fail
 mkdir -p worker_logs/fail/out
 mkdir -p worker_logs/fail/err
 
@@ -34,16 +35,13 @@ function log {
 
 log "Fail-Script started"
 
-# $1 is in slurm node format for example: bibigrid-worker0-cid-[0-1],bibigrid-worker1-cid-0 and needs no converting
-scontrol update NodeName="$1" state=RESUME reason=FailedStartup # no sudo needed cause executed by slurm user
-
 hosts=$(scontrol show hostnames "$1")
 
-echo "Hosts $hosts used"
+log "Hosts $hosts used"
 
-# delete servers
-python3 /usr/local/bin/delete_server.py "${hosts}"
+# $1 is in slurm node format for example: bibigrid-worker0-cid-[0-1],bibigrid-worker1-cid-0 and needs no converting
+scontrol update NodeName="$1" state=POWER_DOWN reason=FailedStartup # no sudo needed cause executed by slurm user
 
-echo "Finished delete_server.py execution."
+log "Nodes $1 set to POWER_DOWN."
 
 exit $?