diff --git a/simulatingrisk/hawkdovemulti/simrisk_batch.slurm b/simulatingrisk/hawkdovemulti/simrisk_batch.slurm
index 9d234ee..fae4efb 100644
--- a/simulatingrisk/hawkdovemulti/simrisk_batch.slurm
+++ b/simulatingrisk/hawkdovemulti/simrisk_batch.slurm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #SBATCH --nodes=1                # node count
 #SBATCH --ntasks=1               # total number of tasks across all nodes
 #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=20       # cpu-cores per task 
-#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=600M       # memory per cpu-core
+#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=525M       # memory per cpu-core
 #SBATCH --time=02:00:00          # total run time limit (HH:MM:SS)
 #SBATCH --mail-type=begin        # send email when job begins
 #SBATCH --mail-type=end          # send email when job ends
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #   (and make sure the directory exists)
 # - add an SBATCH array directive if desired
 # - customize the batch run command as appropriate
+# - configure the time appropriately for the batch run
 
 module purge
 module load anaconda3/2023.9
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ conda activate simrisk
 # change working directory for data output
 cd /scratch/network/<USER>/simrisk
 
-# test run: one iteration, max of 125 steps, no progress bar
-# (typically completes in less than 15 minutes when running on 20 CPUs)
-#simrisk-hawkdovemulti-batchrun --iterations 1 --max-step 125 --no-progress
+# test run: one iteration, max of 200 steps, no progress bar
+# (completed in ~18 minutes on 20 CPUs)
+#simrisk-hawkdovemulti-batchrun --iterations 1 --max-step 200 --no-progress
 
-# longer run: 10 iterations, max of 125 steps, no progress bar
-#simrisk-hawkdovemulti-batchrun --iterations 10 --max-step 125 --no-progress
+# longer run: 10 iterations, max of 200 steps, no progress bar
+#simrisk-hawkdovemulti-batchrun --iterations 10 --max-step 200 --no-progress
 
 # To generate data for a larger total number of iterations, 
 # run the script as a job array.