diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index d221fee521fa74fbf98b2e4760650e0d94e6026e..0cd366baa86dc8991645466f58773455d2d2c24d 100755
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 process {
   executor = 'slurm'
   queue = 'super'
+  clusterOptions = '--hold'
 
   // Process specific configuration
   withName:splitData {