diff --git a/workflow/conf/aws.config b/workflow/conf/aws.config
index 75d1c71a2eca321e01dd7ff70ae5e0ec6d069962..17ed841dad17692114480378063229f9e2b79165 100644
--- a/workflow/conf/aws.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/aws.config
@@ -112,4 +112,8 @@ process {
     cpus = 1
     memory = '1 GB'
   }
+  withName:failExecutionRun {
+    cpus = 1
+    memory = '1 GB'
+  }
 }
diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index 44808d6e3f4001374dd29b967430674ffb2df095..1036cb9167b5c1bbf9f2cc65763a24ba90e6aaed 100755
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ process {
   withName:finalizeExecutionRun {
     executor = 'local'
   }
+  withName:failExecutionRun {
+    executor = 'local'
+  }
 }
 
 singularity {
diff --git a/workflow/nextflow.config b/workflow/nextflow.config
index 075d6dcb9107a357194fa1696c3c6ba07bf60d93..a22693451369437a2bef5b87105c0f07285592da 100644
--- a/workflow/nextflow.config
+++ b/workflow/nextflow.config
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ process {
   withName:finalizeExecutionRun {
     container = 'gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0'
   }
+  withName:failExecutionRun {
+    container = 'gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0'
+  }
 }
 
 trace {