diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cmake.yml
index 598b5d0ed..02d5a5e2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cmake.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-gcc14:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     name: Linux mpi=${{ matrix.mpi }} CC=${{ matrix.cc }} shared=${{ matrix.shared }}
-    timeout-minutes: 61
+    timeout-minutes: 60
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/src/p4est.c b/src/p4est.c
index 90054b04b..14e9c5b13 100644
--- a/src/p4est.c
+++ b/src/p4est.c
@@ -3600,6 +3600,7 @@ p4est_save_ext (const char *filename, p4est_t * p4est,
   /* Every core opens the file in append mode -- file must exist */
   mpiret = sc_MPI_Barrier (p4est->mpicomm);
   SC_CHECK_MPI (mpiret);
+  printf ("rank %d before MPI_file_open\n", p4est->mpirank);
   mpiret = MPI_File_open (p4est->mpicomm, (char *) filename,
                           MPI_MODE_WRONLY | MPI_MODE_APPEND |
                           MPI_MODE_UNIQUE_OPEN, MPI_INFO_NULL, &mpifile);