diff --git a/core/utility/executor.py b/core/utility/executor.py
index f00ea573e651fa1b12bb67ae02ef32bd402fa511..7c60191837617ddef423c51c010ebe37d141b891 100644
--- a/core/utility/executor.py
+++ b/core/utility/executor.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Executor(ABC):
 
 
 class Slurm_Executor(Executor, ABC):
-    srun_path = "srun --export=NONE"  # "/usr/local_host/bin/srun"
+    srun_path = "srun -Q --export=NONE"  # "/usr/local_host/bin/srun"
     sbatch_path = "sbatch"  # "/usr/local_host/bin/sbatch"
     salloc_path = "/opt/slurm/current/bin/salloc"
     scancel_path = "scancel"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Slurm_Executor(Executor, ABC):
                 mapping = json.loads(file.read())
                 self.simple_job_id = mapping[get_cenv("CI_JOB_ID")]
             return
-        except (IOError, KeyError):
+        except (IOError, KeyError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError):
             self.simple_job_id = None
             logging.warning(f'Could not read internal Slurm jobid from mapping file')
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Slurm_Executor(Executor, ABC):
     def run_batched(self, params="", wrapper_add="", script=""):
         sbatch_out = self.execute(helper_script=f"{self.job.scripts_path}/xPipeHelper.sh",
                                   allocator=self.get_sbatch_cmd(),
-                                  params=params,
+                                  params=f'--export=NONE {params}',
                                   wrapper_add=wrapper_add, 
                                   target_script=script,
                                   main_script=True, run_async=True,
diff --git a/utility/.gitlab/.template.yml b/utility/.gitlab/.template.yml
index f7a50cece5ab1d8779ce53af6b9b848f4af9e39c..b44c55029a9fba17d08eb8363bd0489957d6949f 100644
--- a/utility/.gitlab/.template.yml
+++ b/utility/.gitlab/.template.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ default:
 
 variables:
   SLURM_PARAM_TIMELIMIT: "-t 10:00"
-  SLURM_PARAM_PARTITION: "-p c18m_low"
+  SLURM_PARAM_PARTITION: "-p devel"
   SLURM_PARAM_CPUS: "-c 1"
   GIT_STRATEGY: clone