diff --git a/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py b/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py
index 064edc054cecc401396aeff0bce7764bdaed3b2d..38891ea5ab888e3b4c717b61ca40c98cb10f9cbb 100755
--- a/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py
+++ b/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ def parse_args():
                         help="Include directories as entries in the policy output (Default: false)")
     
     sbatch = parser.add_argument_group('sbatch parameters')
-    sbatch.add_argument('-N','--nodes',type=int,default=1,
-                        help='Number of nodes to run job across')
-    sbatch.add_argument('-c','--cores',type=int,default=16,
-                        help='Number of cores to request')
+    sbatch.add_argument('-N','--nodes',type=int,default=6,
+                        help='Number of nodes to run job across. Can be between 1 and 16')
+    sbatch.add_argument('-c','--cores',type=int,default=8,
+                        help='Number of cores to request per node. Can be between 1 and 16')
     sbatch.add_argument('-p','--partition',type=str,default='amd-hdr100,medium',
                         help='Partition to submit job to. Can be a comma-separated list of multiple partitions')
     sbatch.add_argument('-t','--time',type=str,default='24:00:00',
                         help='Time limit for job formatted as [D-]HH:MM:SS')
-    sbatch.add_argument('-m','--mem-per-cpu',type=str,default='8G',
+    sbatch.add_argument('-m','--mem-per-cpu',type=str,default='6G',
                         help='Amount of RAM to allocate per core')
 
     parser.add_argument('--dry-run', action='store_true',
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ def validate_partition(partition):
     return partition
 
 def validate_nodes(n):
-    if not isinstance(n,int) and n >= 1 and n <= 4:
-        raise ValueError('Nodes must be an integer between 1 and 4')
+    if not (n >= 1 and n <= 16):
+        raise ValueError('Nodes must be an integer between 1 and 16')
 
 def validate_cores(n):
-    if not isinstance(n,int) and n >= 1 and n <= 48:
-        raise ValueError('Cores must be an integer between 1 and 48')
+    if not (n >= 1 and n <= 16):
+        raise ValueError('Cores per node must be an integer between 1 and 16')
 
 # Need to validate that the output directory exists. This will not create a directory that does not already exist.
 def validate_output_directory(outdir):