diff --git a/submit-pol-job b/submit-pol-job
index 0d911b760f3c558c9bf4a7ff134518ce0260b943..c6d241671277beeab42970e09e7d2d5f8aeb176d 100755
--- a/submit-pol-job
+++ b/submit-pol-job
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ cores=$4
 ram=$5
 partition=$6
 filesystem=${7:-scratch}
+time=${8:-60}
 
 DIR=$outdir POLICYFILE=$policy FILESYSTEM=${filesystem} && \
 DIR=$DIR POLICYFILE=$POLICYFILE FILESYSTEM=${FILESYSTEM} \
 sbatch \
    -N $nodes \
    -c $cores \
+   -t $time \
    --mem-per-cpu=$ram \
    -p $partition \
    ./run-mmpol.sh