diff --git a/refactored/da/platform/hc3.py b/refactored/da/platform/hc3.py
index 7f320b08649fd011c886f92dcd7b0d87ce896cfd..057c54dbe382957234facf72a0fac0cc63e94607 100644
--- a/refactored/da/platform/hc3.py
+++ b/refactored/da/platform/hc3.py
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ class HC3PlatForm(PlatForm):
         if not block:
             # this is a servant job.
             # wait > 30, so the cluster does not think that we are a rabid job chain on a rampage.
-            time.sleep(32) # see what happens, if you watch people too closely? :)
+            pass
+        # correction: Always wait, since the cluster calls us rabid.
+        time.sleep(32) # see what happens, if you watch people too closely? :)
         out = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
         jobidx = out.index("Job ")
         jobid = int(out[jobidx+4:out.index(" ", jobidx+5)])
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ class HC3PlatForm(PlatForm):
         return 0
 
 
-    def SubmitJob(self,jobfile,joblog=None,block=False,shell=True):
+    def SubmitJob(self,jobfile,joblog=None,block=False,shell=False):
         """
            :param jobfile: a string with the filename of a jobfile to run
            :param joblog:  a string with the filename of a logfile to write run output to