diff --git a/conf/ucl_myriad.config b/conf/ucl_myriad.config
index 0c988623b..52243b234 100644
--- a/conf/ucl_myriad.config
+++ b/conf/ucl_myriad.config
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 params {
     config_profile_description = 'University College London Myriad cluster'
-    config_profile_contact     = 'Chris Wyatt (ucbtcdr@ucl.ac.uk)'
+    config_profile_contact     = 'Chris Wyatt (ucbtcdr@ucl.ac.uk), Fernando Duarte (ucbtfrd@ucl.ac.uk)'
     config_profile_url         = 'https://www.rc.ucl.ac.uk/docs/Clusters/Myriad/'
 }
 
+workDir = "${HOME}/Scratch/work"
+
 executor {
     name = 'sge'
 }
@@ -21,4 +23,5 @@ singularity {
     enabled    = true
     autoMounts = true
     cacheDir   = "${HOME}/Scratch/.apptainer/pull"
+    pullTimeout = "3 hours"
 }