diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 6a9bee0da3e5308bddca4b4d19dc47ccf273854c..746f52de544fe570c2b8de52500049175e6bf6a3 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+executor = 'slurm'
 
 params {
     max_cpus = 16