diff --git a/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml b/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
index 5366c105ac..3dd25baf6f 100644
--- a/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
+++ b/playbooks/destroy_virt_inst.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
     local_action: fail msg="host does not exist on {{ vmhost }}"
     when: inventory_hostname not in result.list_vms
 
-  - name: pause for 30s before doing it
-    pause: seconds=30 prompt="Destroying (and lvremove for) vm now {{ target }}, abort if this is wrong"
-
   - name: schedule 30m host downtime in nagios
-    nagios: action=downtime minutes=30 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
+    nagios: action=downtime minutes=60 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     ignore_errors: true
 
+  - name: pause for 30s before doing it
+    pause: seconds=30 prompt="Destroying (and lvremove for) vm now {{ target }}, abort if this is wrong"
+
   - name: destroy the vm
     virt: name={{ inventory_hostname }} command=destroy
     delegate_to: "{{ vmhost }}"