diff --git a/variants/germline_vc.sh b/variants/germline_vc.sh
index 59c5d0582fd5c8588d89cafc4a7277e4cf74cbbe..a4ff47e47d4e3ec6ef953a04d4f1e41affc8c648 100755
--- a/variants/germline_vc.sh
+++ b/variants/germline_vc.sh
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ then
     bgzip ${pair_id}.sam.vcf
 elif [[ $algo == 'fb' ]]
 then
+    paropt="--delay 1 --jobs 0 --memfree 2G"
     if [[ -z $isdocker ]]
     then
 	module load freebayes/gcc/1.2.0 parallel/20150122
 	paropt="--delay 2 -j $NPROC"
-    else
-	paropt="--delay 1 --jobs 0 --memfree 2G"
+    fi
+    if [[ -n $biohpc ]]
+    then
+	paropt="--delay 2 -j $NPROC"
     fi
     bamlist=''
     for i in *.bam; do