diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Gsnap.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Gsnap.scala
index 826ac058ac1415c38f870175e755f48af567917c..a518e7246ad5da89b2ab365f9a2cacbcba02c71b 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Gsnap.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Gsnap.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ class Gsnap(val root: Configurable) extends BiopetCommandLineFunction {
   /** default executable */
   executable = config("exe", default = "gsnap", freeVar = false)
 
+  /** default threads */
+  override def defaultThreads = nthreads.getOrElse(1)
+
+  /** default vmem for cluster jobs */
+  override def defaultVmem = "4G"
+
   /** input file */
   @Input(doc = "Input FASTQ file(s)", required = true) //var input: List[File] = _
   var input: List[File] = List.empty[File]