diff --git a/alignment/bamqc.sh b/alignment/bamqc.sh
index 2d4bc75ef55dbbccd337617a9e149a85ba88fd94..1496dad850ff1c76adf54ce6cfdc43966e668919 100644
--- a/alignment/bamqc.sh
+++ b/alignment/bamqc.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [[ -z $NPROC ]]
 then
     NPROC=`nproc`
 fi
-threads=`expr $NPROC - 10`
+threads=`expr $NPROC`
 
 if [[ -n $user ]]
 then