diff --git a/conf/test_motus.config b/conf/test_motus.config
index d5eb8f8..d167b94 100644
--- a/conf/test_motus.config
+++ b/conf/test_motus.config
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ params {
     hostremoval_reference                 = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/modules/data/genomics/homo_sapiens/genome/genome.fasta'
     run_kaiju                             = false
     run_kraken2                           = false
+    run_bracken                           = false
     run_malt                              = false
     run_metaphlan3                        = false
     run_centrifuge                        = false
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 4f32a00..24ccab3 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ params {
     kraken2_save_minimizers         = false
 
     // Bracken
-    run_bracken = true
+    run_bracken = false
 
     // centrifuge
     run_centrifuge             = false