diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index 647927efa383ced7c7bcf0eed33482f6df562091..a15c0eb53d3d9e1c37d8a676cd0b2ee4b2b97696 100644
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 process {
   executor = 'slurm'
   queue = 'super'
+  clusterOptions = '--hold'
 
   // Process specific configuration
   $checkDesignFile {