diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index d2323f3644161a3f64a8e356268ef803abbd1819..4b6cbd1bf30c603dd05df6354fd6881c846e1b53 100755
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ process {
   executor = 'slurm'
   queue = 'super'
   clusterOptions = '--hold'
+  time = '4hr'
   errorStrategy = 'retry'
   maxRetries = 1