diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 223bbf42050cc417f818f4e5a2ae8f60cb525e2f..f8d65bd5bed82a0c9a0c9c231b758cff3c09d69b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ variables:
 
 .local-template:
   variables:
-    RUNNER_TAG: "custom2"
+    RUNNER_TAG: "ja664344"
 
 .run-template:
   stage: run
diff --git a/core/utility/executor.py b/core/utility/executor.py
index c807e91c9e28199eb096b01118fee309735a967f..681c57c466684b10f80d6ce995075c6d03db92fb 100644
--- a/core/utility/executor.py
+++ b/core/utility/executor.py
@@ -192,14 +192,12 @@ class Slurm_Executor(Executor, ABC):
         return scancel_out
 
     def run_direct(self, params="", wrapper_add="", script=""):
-        out = self.execute(helper_script=f"{self.job.scripts_path}/xPipeHelper.sh",
+        self.execute(helper_script=f"{self.job.scripts_path}/xPipeHelper.sh",
                                 allocator=self.get_srun_cmd(),
                                 params=f'{self.get_default_params()} {params}',
                                 target_script=script,
-                                wrapper_add=wrapper_add, main_script=True,
-                                text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).stdout
-        logging.debug(out)
-        return out
+                                wrapper_add=wrapper_add, main_script=True)
+        return ''
 
     def run_batched(self, params="", wrapper_add="", script=""):
         sbatch_out = self.execute(helper_script=f"{self.job.scripts_path}/xPipeHelper.sh",