diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index 0da173bd6c9606aa096e002dfbb9322bb5403dfe..9ea82afacc1d95a78d542dccdde89f5107a481e3 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ for bamFile in $bamFiles; do
     sample=$(basename $bamFile .bam)
     echo "converting $bamFile to bigwig format"
 
-    jl submit -j .bigwig -q short -n "${project}__bw__${sample}" "genomeCoverageBed -split -bg -ibam $bamFile  -g ${genomeFai} |  wigToBigWig -clip stdin ${genomeFai} ${sample}.bw"
+    jl submit -j .bigwig -w 10:00 -n "${project}__bw__${sample}" "genomeCoverageBed -split -bg -ibam $bamFile  -g ${genomeFai} |  wigToBigWig -clip stdin ${genomeFai} ${sample}.bw"
 done
 
 jl wait --report .bigwig
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ dge_create_star_index(){
     cmd="STAR --runMode genomeGenerate --genomeDir ${star_index} --genomeFastaFiles ${igenome}/Sequence/WholeGenomeFasta/genome.fa --runThreadN 10"
     #eval $cmd
     #STAR --runMode genomeGenerate --genomeDir ${star_index} --genomeFastaFiles ${igenome}/Sequence/Chromosomes/*.fa --runThreadN 10
-    jl submit --wait -t 5 -q medium -n "${project}_star_index" "$cmd"
+    jl submit --wait -t 5 -w 10:00 -m 30g -n "${project}_star_index" "$cmd"
 
     ## prevent further modification
 #    chmod -w $(dirname ${star_index})