diff --git a/CoverageProfiler/CoverageProfiler.wdl b/CoverageProfiler/CoverageProfiler.wdl
index 7f63da9..4c812cd 100644
--- a/CoverageProfiler/CoverageProfiler.wdl
+++ b/CoverageProfiler/CoverageProfiler.wdl
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ workflow coverageProfile {
         cpu: select_first([cpu, 1])
         docker: samtools_docker
         disks: "local-disk 500 SSD"
+        preemptible: 0
+        maxRetries: 3
     }
 }
     task CovProfileViz {