diff --git a/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/PAGateway.java b/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/PAGateway.java
index ec6808f28ca20deb2cc1fd9221605f079e3095ee..9eec3019d9fcfcf8a783e5f6f2e72d135e1f1384 100644
--- a/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/PAGateway.java
+++ b/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/PAGateway.java
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ public class PAGateway {
         for(ByonNode byonNode: byonNodeList){
             List<IpAddress> tempListIP=byonNode.getIpAddresses();
             assert  !tempListIP.isEmpty();
-            byonIPs= byonIPs + tempListIP.get(0).getValue() + ",";
+            byonIPs= byonIPs + tempListIP.get(0).getValue().replace(" ", "") + ",";
         }
         // Collect the pamr router address and port number
         try {
diff --git a/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/service/ByonUtils.java b/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/service/ByonUtils.java
index c939a2a5404aa0bc112548bccd4616d5085829a7..4ced1c52fd9fcad13e0ae86a14992463667c1350 100644
--- a/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/service/ByonUtils.java
+++ b/scheduling-abstraction-layer/src/main/java/org/activeeon/morphemic/service/ByonUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ public class ByonUtils {
 
     private ByonUtils() {}
 
+    static final int MAX_CONNECTION_RETRIES = 5;
+
+    static final int INTERVAL = 5000;
+
     public static void init(String paURL) {
         resourceManagerGateway = new PAResourceManagerGateway(paURL);
     }
@@ -101,7 +105,9 @@ public class ByonUtils {
      * @return The BYON Host Name
      */
     public static String getBYONHostname(String nsName) {
+        LOGGER.info("Getting the byon node host name for: " + nsName);
         List<String> nodeHostnames = new LinkedList<>();
+        int retries=0;
         try {
             nodeHostnames = resourceManagerGateway.getAsyncDeployedNodesInformation(nsName, "hostname");
         }
@@ -123,6 +129,22 @@ public class ByonUtils {
                 }
             }
         }
+        while (nodeHostnames.get(0).equals(""))
+        {
+            LOGGER.warn("The node host name is empty, retrying to get node information");
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(INTERVAL);
+                nodeHostnames = resourceManagerGateway.getAsyncDeployedNodesInformation(nsName, "hostname");
+            }
+            catch(Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.error(" resourceManagerGateway threw an exception: " + e);
+            }
+            if (retries > MAX_CONNECTION_RETRIES) {
+                LOGGER.error("The node host name is empty after " + retries+ " retries" );
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Node hostname is empty");
+            }
+            retries++;
+        }
 
         LOGGER.info("The hostname is retrieved successfully: " + nodeHostnames.get(0));
         return nodeHostnames.get(0);