diff --git a/benchmarks/roman_pots/Snakefile b/benchmarks/roman_pots/Snakefile
index 6f755f2a..d6609471 100644
--- a/benchmarks/roman_pots/Snakefile
+++ b/benchmarks/roman_pots/Snakefile
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ N_LAYERS_PX = [10]
 SIZE_FIRST_HIDDEN_LAYER_PX = [10]
 MULTIPLIER_PX = [10]
 LEAK_RATE_PX = [0.025]
+MAX_HASH = 6
 MODEL_VERSION = [
-    hashlib.sha512("_".join(map(str,x)).encode()).hexdigest()
+    hashlib.sha512("_".join(map(str,x)).encode()).hexdigest()[:MAX_HASH]
     for x in product(
         NUM_TRAINING_INPUTS,
         NUM_EPOCHS_PZ, LEARNING_RATE_PZ, SIZE_INPUT_PZ, SIZE_OUTPUT_PZ, N_LAYERS_PZ, SIZE_FIRST_HIDDEN_LAYER_PZ, MULTIPLIER_PZ, LEAK_RATE_PZ,
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ rule roman_pots_generate_neural_network_configs:
                     str(num_epochs_pz)+"_"+str(learning_rate_pz)+"_"+str(size_input_pz)+"_"+str(size_output_pz)+"_"+str(n_layers_pz)+"_"+str(size_first_hidden_layer_pz)+"_"+str(multiplier_pz)+"_"+str(leak_rate_pz)+"_"+\
                     str(num_epochs_py)+"_"+str(learning_rate_py)+"_"+str(size_input_py)+"_"+str(size_output_py)+"_"+str(n_layers_py)+"_"+str(size_first_hidden_layer_py)+"_"+str(multiplier_py)+"_"+str(leak_rate_py)+"_"+\
                     str(num_epochs_px)+"_"+str(learning_rate_px)+"_"+str(size_input_px)+"_"+str(size_output_px)+"_"+str(n_layers_px)+"_"+str(size_first_hidden_layer_px)+"_"+str(multiplier_px)+"_"+str(leak_rate_px)
-      output_file_location = open(str(output_dir)+"/"+str(detector_version)+"_"+str(detector_config)+"_"+str(SUBSYSTEM)+"_"+str(BENCHMARK)+"_"+str(hashlib.sha512(output_file.encode()).hexdigest())+".txt","w")
+      output_file_location = open(str(output_dir)+"/"+str(detector_version)+"_"+str(detector_config)+"_"+str(SUBSYSTEM)+"_"+str(BENCHMARK)+"_"+str(hashlib.sha512(output_file.encode()).hexdigest()[:MAX_HASH])+".txt","w")
       output_file_location.write(output_file)
       print(output_file_location)
       output_file_location.close()