diff --git a/conf/awsbatch.config b/conf/awsbatch.config
index 2e5f83c..43f90db 100644
--- a/conf/awsbatch.config
+++ b/conf/awsbatch.config
@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@ params {
   awsqueue = false
   awsregion = 'eu-west-1'
   awscli = '/home/ec2-user/miniconda/bin/aws'
-  tracedir = './'
+}
+
+timeline {
+  overwrite = true
+}
+report {
+  overwrite = true
+}
+trace {
+  overwrite = true
+}
+dag {
+  overwrite = true
 }
 
 process.executor = 'awsbatch'
diff --git a/docs/awsbatch.md b/docs/awsbatch.md
index c00acef..daf425b 100644
--- a/docs/awsbatch.md
+++ b/docs/awsbatch.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # nf-core/configs: awsbatch Configuration
 
 To be used with `awsbatch`.
-Custom queue, region and CLI path can be supplied with `params.awsqueue`, `params.awsregion`, `params.awscli`, respectively.
+Custom queue and region can be supplied with `params.awsqueue`, `params.awsregion`, `params.awscli`, respectively.
+
+Allow `overwrite` of `trace`, `timeline`, `report` and `dag` to allow resuming pipelines.