diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index 7d42d89e24be51d69eba99ebf4f5e259ad57dbc5..0972a89b0ce9772cb5a10d5b81b1889661c46074 100755
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 process {
   executor = 'slurm'
-  queue='super'
+  queue = 'super'
+  clusterOptions = '--hold'
 
   withLabel: checkDesignFile {
     module = ['python/3.6.1-2-anaconda']