diff --git a/workflow/Snakefile b/workflow/Snakefile
index cd19ab3..c997f26 100644
--- a/workflow/Snakefile
+++ b/workflow/Snakefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rule all:
     input:
         get_all_targets(),
         get_bids_toplevel_targets(),
-        get_qc_targets(),  #need to skip this if using prestitched
+#        get_qc_targets(),  #need to skip this if using prestitched
     localrule: True
 
 
diff --git a/workflow/rules/import.smk b/workflow/rules/import.smk
index d9db6f6..9fdb401 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/import.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/import.smk
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ rule tif_to_zarr_gcs:
         ),
     group:
         "preproc"
-    threads: 8
+    threads: 24
     container:
         config["containers"]["spimprep"]
     script: