diff --git a/build_vcluster.sh b/build_vcluster.sh
index e35e59189326d5cbd146d0d0775ecc648fbb246e..54678993a4137f8dcd3ac28104669c7f119dd434 100644
--- a/build_vcluster.sh
+++ b/build_vcluster.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ then
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1 ; fi
  salloc --nodes=8 --ntasks-per-node=16 --time=00:05:00 --mem-per-cpu=1900 --partition=sandy mpirun -np 128 src/vcluster
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1 ; fi
- salloc --nodes=16 --ntasks-per-node=16 --time=00:05:00 --mem-per-cpu=1900 --partition=sandy mpirun -np 256 src/vcluster
+ salloc --nodes=16 --ntasks-per-node=16 --time=00:10:00 --mem-per-cpu=1900 --partition=sandy mpirun -np 256 src/vcluster
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1 ; fi
 
 else
diff --git a/src/VCluster_unit_tests.hpp b/src/VCluster_unit_tests.hpp
index 8d754988b657b710f68ad8dd144990a950a2e030..0d1c28080ad1bf348115b6be928dca5f0370253b 100644
--- a/src/VCluster_unit_tests.hpp
+++ b/src/VCluster_unit_tests.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ int mod(int x, int m) {
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( VCluster_use_reductions)
 {
-	init_global_v_cluster(&boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().argc,&boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().argv);
 	Vcluster & vcl = *global_v_cluster;
 
 	unsigned char uc = 1;
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(VCluster_send_recv)
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( VCluster_use_sendrecv)
 {
 	std::cout << "VCluster unit test start" << "\n";
-	init_global_v_cluster(&boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().argc,&boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().argv);
 
 	totp_check = true;
 	test<PCX>();