diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f3aa34..105f84a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## development version
 
 - Fix bugs that prevented single-end data from running through the pipeline. (#58, @kelly-sovacool)
+- Increase wall time for kraken and bbmerge rules. (#68, @slsevilla)
 
 ## v2.5
 
diff --git a/resources/cluster.json b/resources/cluster.json
index 053fd36..b22bfd6 100644
--- a/resources/cluster.json
+++ b/resources/cluster.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     },
     "bbmerge": {
         "mem": "64g"
+	"time": "1-00:00:00"
     },
     "fastqc": {
         "threads": "32",
@@ -28,11 +29,13 @@
         "cpus-per-task": "32",
         "gres": "lscratch:256",
         "mem": "110g"
+        "time": "1-00:00:00"
     },
     "kraken_se": {
         "cpus-per-task": "32",
         "gres": "lscratch:256",
         "mem": "110g"
+        "time": "1-00:00:00"
     },
     "pca": {
         "mem": "110g",