diff --git a/experiments/jobscripts/generators/mnist.sh b/experiments/jobscripts/generators/mnist.sh
index 5fdf7215bef0b7417c2a2e5f88100394dfc0f289..ef0180fe4be2e20d0310b8d85e7f360693c5f66b 100644
--- a/experiments/jobscripts/generators/mnist.sh
+++ b/experiments/jobscripts/generators/mnist.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #SBATCH --job-name="MNIST (ECCCo)"
 #SBATCH --time=10:00:00
-#SBATCH --ntasks=1200
+#SBATCH --ntasks=1000
 #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
 #SBATCH --partition=compute
 #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=8GB