diff --git a/src/nf_modules/htseq/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/htseq/main.nf
index fe4143c99845131832bc70b50e781cba5d8ef63d..d8f661b91a066343e17c1acb65073c6d5b4beaea 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/htseq/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/htseq/main.nf
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ gffread ${gff3_file} -T -o ${genome_id}.gtf
 
 process htseq_count {
     container = "${container_url}"
-    label "big_mem_multi_cpus"
+    label "big_mem_mono_cpus"
     tag "file_id: $file_id"
     if (params.htseq_out != "") {
         publishDir "results/${params.htseq_out}", mode: 'copy'