diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3fbfd3be10a57a22caed517fb7efb89db8843f42..c2e90ad67e16f4dd4bdb546564eb029d7ea83127 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ namespace :oar do
             # by default, maintenance is YES when creating new resources
             command.concat(' -p maintenance="YES"')
           end
+          # by default, an Alive node has comment "OK"
+          command.concat(' -p comment="OK"')
         end
         command.concat(" -p ").concat( export.to_a.map{|(k,v)|
           if v.nil?
diff --git a/generators/lib/grid5000/node.rb b/generators/lib/grid5000/node.rb
index 1ee5c43a199692edb9077808d5fd03ba32975ed6..bdc94aaf5104db413d44046d8bc9a4386afaabec 100644
--- a/generators/lib/grid5000/node.rb
+++ b/generators/lib/grid5000/node.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ module Grid5000
         h['memcore']         = properties['main_memory']['ram_size']/properties['architecture']['smt_size']/MiB
         h['memcpu']          = properties['main_memory']['ram_size']/properties['architecture']['smp_size']/MiB
         h['memnode']         = properties['main_memory']['ram_size']/MiB
-        h['comment']         = properties['comment'] || "OK"
         properties["gpu"]  ||= {}
         h['gpu']             = properties['gpu']['gpu'] ? "YES" : "NO"
         properties["monitoring"] ||= {}