diff --git a/conf/vsc_ugent.config b/conf/vsc_ugent.config
index b46b347..d2ce550 100644
--- a/conf/vsc_ugent.config
+++ b/conf/vsc_ugent.config
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ workDir = "$scratch_dir/work"
 // Reduce the job submit rate to about 3 per second, this way the server won't be bombarded with jobs
 // Limit queueSize to keep job rate under control and avoid timeouts
 executor {
-    submitRateLimit = '3 sec'
+    submitRateLimit = '30/1min'
     queueSize = 50
 }
 
+// Add backoff strategy to catch cluster timeouts
+process {
+    errorStrategy = { sleep(Math.pow(2, task.attempt) * 200 as long); return 'retry' }
+    maxRetries    = 5
+}
+
 // Specify that singularity should be used and where the cache dir will be for the images
 singularity {
     enabled = true
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ profiles {
     skitty {
         params {
             config_profile_description = 'HPC_SKITTY profile for use on the Skitty cluster of the VSC HPC.'
-            config_profile_contact = 'Nicolas Vannieuwkerke (@nvnieuwk)'
+            config_profile_contact = 'ict@cmgg.be'
             config_profile_url = 'https://www.ugent.be/hpc/en'
             max_memory = 177.GB
             max_cpus = 36
@@ -40,7 +46,6 @@ profiles {
         process {
             executor = 'slurm'
             queue = 'skitty'
-            maxRetries = 2
             scratch = "$scratch_dir"
         }
     }
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ profiles {
     swalot {
         params {
             config_profile_description = 'HPC_SWALOT profile for use on the Swalot cluster of the VSC HPC.'
-            config_profile_contact = 'Nicolas Vannieuwkerke (@nvnieuwk)'
+            config_profile_contact = 'ict@cmgg.be'
             config_profile_url = 'https://www.ugent.be/hpc/en'
             max_memory = 116.GB
             max_cpus = 20
@@ -58,7 +63,6 @@ profiles {
         process {
             executor = 'slurm'
             queue = 'swalot'
-            maxRetries = 2
             scratch = "$scratch_dir"
         }
     }
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ profiles {
     victini {
         params {
             config_profile_description = 'HPC_VICTINI profile for use on the Victini cluster of the VSC HPC.'
-            config_profile_contact = 'Nicolas Vannieuwkerke (@nvnieuwk)'
+            config_profile_contact = 'ict@cmgg.be'
             config_profile_url = 'https://www.ugent.be/hpc/en'
             max_memory = 88.GB
             max_cpus = 36
@@ -76,7 +80,6 @@ profiles {
         process {
             executor = 'slurm'
             queue = 'victini'
-            maxRetries = 2
             scratch = "$scratch_dir"
         }
     }
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ profiles {
     kirlia {
         params {
             config_profile_description = 'HPC_KIRLIA profile for use on the Kirlia cluster of the VSC HPC.'
-            config_profile_contact = 'Nicolas Vannieuwkerke (@nvnieuwk)'
+            config_profile_contact = 'ict@cmgg.be'
             config_profile_url = 'https://www.ugent.be/hpc/en'
             max_memory = 738.GB
             max_cpus = 36
@@ -94,7 +97,6 @@ profiles {
         process {
             executor = 'slurm'
             queue = 'kirlia'
-            maxRetries = 2
             scratch = "$scratch_dir"
         }
     }
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ profiles {
     doduo {
         params {
             config_profile_description = 'HPC_DODUO profile for use on the Doduo cluster of the VSC HPC.'
-            config_profile_contact = 'Nicolas Vannieuwkerke (@nvnieuwk)'
+            config_profile_contact = 'ict@cmgg.be'
             config_profile_url = 'https://www.ugent.be/hpc/en'
             max_memory = 250.GB
             max_cpus = 96
@@ -112,7 +114,6 @@ profiles {
         process {
             executor = 'slurm'
             queue = 'doduo'
-            maxRetries = 2
             scratch = "$scratch_dir"
         }
     }