diff --git a/MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow.py b/MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow.py
index d7ecd3cd6..1e849cccf 100755
--- a/MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow.py
+++ b/MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow.py
@@ -439,10 +439,9 @@ def createRestDigiTask(name, det='ALLSMALLER'):
    if usebkgcache:
      aodneeds += [ BKG_KINEDOWNLOADER_TASK['name'] ]
 
-   AODtask = createTask(name='aod_'+str(tf), needs=aodneeds, tf=tf, cwd=timeframeworkdir, lab=["AOD"], mem='16000', cpu='1')
+   AODtask = createTask(name='aod_'+str(tf), needs=aodneeds, tf=tf, cwd=timeframeworkdir, lab=["AOD"], mem='5000', cpu='1')
    AODtask['cmd'] = ('','ln -nfs ../bkg_Kine.root . ;')[doembedding]
-   AODtask['cmd'] += 'o2-aod-producer-workflow --aod-writer-keep dangling --aod-writer-resfile \"AO2D\" --aod-writer-resmode UPDATE --aod-timeframe-id ' + str(tf) + ' ' + getDPL_global_options(bigshm=True)
-   AODtask['cmd'] = 'echo \"hello\"' #-> skipping for moment since not optimized
+   AODtask['cmd'] += 'o2-aod-producer-workflow --reco-mctracks-only 1 --aod-writer-keep dangling --aod-writer-resfile \"AO2D\" --aod-writer-resmode UPDATE --aod-timeframe-id ' + str(tf) + ' ' + getDPL_global_options(bigshm=True)
    workflow['stages'].append(AODtask)
 
 def trimString(cmd):