diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ada019c23633666a8f071e43be9f096411d23a6..b1bf5b407f59548457383d0c3fa129ee87662e7a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ trimData:
     - merge_requests
   script:
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/trimgalore:1.1' trim_galore --version > version_trimgalore.txt
-  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/trimgalore:1.1' trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --basename Q-Y5F6_1M.se -j 4 ./test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R1.fastq.gz
-  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/trimgalore:1.1' trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --paired --basename Q-Y5F6_1M.pe -j 4 ./test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R1.fastq.gz ./test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R2.fastq.gz
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/trimgalore:1.1' trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --basename Q-Y5F6_1M.se  ./test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R1.fastq.gz
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/trimgalore:1.1' trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --paired --basename Q-Y5F6_1M.pe  ./test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R1.fastq.gz ./test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R2.fastq.gz
   - readLengthSE=$(zcat *_trimmed.fq.gz | awk '{if(NR%4==2) print length($1)}' | sort -n | awk '{a[NR]=$0}END{print(NR%2==1)?a[int(NR/2)+1]:(a[NR/2]+a[NR/2+1])/2}')
   - readLengthPE=$(zcat *_1.fq.gz | awk '{if(NR%4==2) print length($1)}' | sort -n | awk '{a[NR]=$0}END{print(NR%2==1)?a[int(NR/2)+1]:(a[NR/2]+a[NR/2+1])/2}')
   - pytest -m trimData
diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 0073383a7726673c5e9b8caef8420d09c9c18b53..aa6e8a10cc4086991f2850e728473e9c58c262a3 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -354,11 +354,11 @@ process trimData {
     echo -e "LOG: trimming ${ends}" >> ${repRID}.trimData.log
     if [ "${ends}" == "se" ]
     then
-      trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --basename ${repRID} -j 4 ${fastq[0]}
+      trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --basename ${repRID} ${fastq[0]}
       readLength=\$(zcat *_trimmed.fq.gz | awk '{if(NR%4==2) print length(\$1)}' | sort -n | awk '{a[NR]=\$0}END{print(NR%2==1)?a[int(NR/2)+1]:(a[NR/2]+a[NR/2+1])/2}')
     elif [ "${ends}" == "pe" ]
     then
-      trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --paired --basename ${repRID} -j 4 ${fastq[0]} ${fastq[1]}
+      trim_galore --gzip -q 25 --length 35 --paired --basename ${repRID} ${fastq[0]} ${fastq[1]}
       readLength=\$(zcat *_1.fq.gz | awk '{if(NR%4==2) print length(\$1)}' | sort -n | awk '{a[NR]=\$0}END{print(NR%2==1)?a[int(NR/2)+1]:(a[NR/2]+a[NR/2+1])/2}')
     fi
     echo -e "LOG: trimmed" >> ${repRID}.trimData.log