diff --git a/src/nextflow.config b/src/nextflow.config
index c1afd1e2766acf8d040de8435a6f1ce2d5cb7c42..bd4971a5498c98ac0133b9800c9dd385473e849f 100644
--- a/src/nextflow.config
+++ b/src/nextflow.config
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ profiles {
     singularity.cacheDir = "$baseDir/.singularity_psmn/"
     singularity.runOptions = "--bind /Xnfs,/scratch"
     process{
-      errorStrategy { sleep(Math.pow(2, task.attempt) * 200 as long); return 'retry' }
+      errorStrategy 'retry'
       maxRetries 3
       withLabel: big_mem_mono_cpus {
         executor = "sge"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ profiles {
     singularity.cacheDir = "$baseDir/.singularity_in2p3/"
     singularity.runOptions = "--bind /pbs,/sps,/scratch"
     process{
-      errorStrategy { sleep(Math.pow(2, task.attempt) * 200 as long); return 'retry' }
+      errorStrategy 'retry'
       maxRetries 3
       withLabel: big_mem_mono_cpus {
         scratch = true