diff --git a/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R b/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R
index 1454c866..2d694d66 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 #'
 #' @return list of QC configuration parameters
 #'
-construct_qc_config <- function(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples) {
+construct_qc_config <- function(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples, technology) {
     samples <- names(scdata_list)
-
     config_classifier <-
       add_custom_config_per_sample(
         customize_classifier_config,
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ construct_qc_config <- function(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples) {
         customize_genes_vs_umis_config,
         processing_config_template[["genes_vs_umis"]],
         scdata_list,
+        technology = technology
       )
 
 
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ customize_classifier_config <-
   function(scdata,
            config,
            sample_name,
-           unfiltered_samples) {
+           unfiltered_samples,
+           technology) {
     config$enabled <- sample_name %in% unfiltered_samples
     config$prefiltered <- !(sample_name %in% unfiltered_samples)
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ customize_cellsize_config <-
   function(scdata,
            config,
            sample_name,
-           unfiltered_samples) {
+           unfiltered_samples,
+           technology) {
     minCellSize <- generate_default_values_cellSizeDistribution(scdata, config)
     config$filterSettings$minCellSize <- minCellSize
     return(config)
@@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ customize_mitochondrial_config <-
   function(scdata,
            config,
            sample_name,
-           unfiltered_samples) {
+           unfiltered_samples,
+           technology) {
     default_max_fraction <- generate_default_values_mitochondrialContent(scdata, config)
     config$filterSettings$methodSettings$absoluteThreshold$maxFraction <-
       default_max_fraction
@@ -113,23 +116,27 @@ customize_doublet_config <-
   function(scdata,
            config,
            sample_name,
-           unfiltered_samples) {
+           unfiltered_samples,
+           technology) {
     probabilityThreshold <- generate_default_values_doubletScores(scdata)
     config$filterSettings$probabilityThreshold <- probabilityThreshold
 
     return(config)
   }
 
-
 customize_genes_vs_umis_config <-
   function(scdata,
            config,
            sample_name,
-           unfiltered_samples) {
+           unfiltered_samples,
+           technology) {
     # Sensible values are based on the function "gene.vs.molecule.cell.filter"
     # from the pagoda2 package
     p.level <- min(0.001, 1 / ncol(scdata))
-    regression_type <- config$filterSettings$regressionType
+
+    regression_type <- ifelse( technology == "parse" , "spline" , config$filterSettings$regressionType)
+
+    config$filterSettings$regressionType <- regression_type
     config$filterSettings$regressionTypeSettings[[regression_type]]$p.level <- p.level
 
     return(config)
@@ -175,7 +182,8 @@ add_custom_config_per_sample <-
   function(customize_template_config,
            config_template,
            scdata_list,
-           unfiltered_samples = NA) {
+           unfiltered_samples = NA,
+           technology = NA) {
     config <- list()
     for (sample_name in names(scdata_list)) {
       # subset the Seurat object list to a single sample
@@ -187,7 +195,8 @@ add_custom_config_per_sample <-
           sample_scdata,
           config_template,
           sample_name,
-          unfiltered_samples
+          unfiltered_samples,
+          technology
         )
 
       # update sample config thresholds
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R b/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R
index 4575669a..8160c0db 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/R/gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ prepare_experiment <- function(input, pipeline_config, prev_out) {
   # construct default QC config and update prev out
   message("Constructing default QC configuration...")
   unfiltered_samples <- names(prev_out$edrops[!is.null(prev_out$edrops)])
-  prev_out$default_qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples)
+
+  prev_out$default_qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples, input$input$type)
 
   # If we received a qc_config (subset pipeline case) then
   # we want to set that one as the custom config
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/R/seurat-3-upload_seurat_to_aws.R b/pipeline-runner/R/seurat-3-upload_seurat_to_aws.R
index 1e4c14d7..f9428424 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/R/seurat-3-upload_seurat_to_aws.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/R/seurat-3-upload_seurat_to_aws.R
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ upload_seurat_to_aws <- function(input, pipeline_config, prev_out) {
 
   # replicate qc config for simplicity
   # could also create a 'seurat_config' column in experiment table and change the ui/api around more
-  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(list(one = scdata), unfiltered_samples = 'one')
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(list(one = scdata), unfiltered_samples = 'one', technology="seurat")
   qc_config$configureEmbedding$embeddingSettings$useSaved <- TRUE
   qc_config$configureEmbedding$embeddingSettings$method <- SeuratObject::DefaultDimReduc(scdata)
 
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R
index 4c419bf7..e7528e61 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-construct_qc_config.R
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mock_scdata_list <- function() {
 test_that("cellsize filter is disabled by default and classifier is pre-filtered", {
   scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list()
   unfiltered_samples <- c("123abc")
-  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples)
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples, technology = "10X")
 
   for (sample in names(scdata_list)) {
     if (sample %in% unfiltered_samples) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test_that("cellsize filter is disabled by default and classifier is pre-filtered
 test_that("cellsize filter is disabled by default and classifier is not pre-filtered", {
   scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list()
   unfiltered_samples <- c()
-  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples)
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples, technology = "10X")
 
   for (sample in names(scdata_list)) {
     expect_false(qc_config$cellSizeDistribution[[sample]]$enabled)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test_that("cellsize filter is disabled by default and classifier is not pre-filt
 test_that("customize_doublet_config sets threshold to 0 when there are no singlets", {
   scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list()
   unfiltered_samples <- c("123abc")
-  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples)
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples, technology = "10X")
 
   for (sample in names(scdata_list)) {
     scdata_list[[sample]]$doublet_class <- "doublet"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test_that("customize_doublet_config sets threshold to 0 when there are no single
 test_that("classifier filter config is enabled for unfiltered samples and disabled for pre-filtered samples", {
   scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list()
   unfiltered_samples <- c("123abc")
-  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples)
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples, technology = "10X")
 
   for (sample in names(scdata_list)) {
     if (sample %in% unfiltered_samples) {
@@ -88,3 +88,23 @@ test_that("classifier filter config is enabled for unfiltered samples and disabl
     }
   }
 })
+
+test_that("NumGenesVsUmis filter config has spline as default for Parse Datasets", {
+  scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list()
+  unfiltered_samples <- c("123abc")
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples, "parse")
+
+  for (sample in names(scdata_list)) {
+    expect_true(qc_config$numGenesVsNumUmis[[sample]]$filterSettings$regressionType == "spline")
+  }
+})
+
+test_that("NumGenesVsUmis filter config has linear as default for 10x datasets", {
+  scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list()
+  unfiltered_samples <- c("123abc")
+  qc_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = unfiltered_samples, "10X")
+
+  for (sample in names(scdata_list)) {
+    expect_true(qc_config$numGenesVsNumUmis[[sample]]$filterSettings$regressionType == "linear")
+  }
+})
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R
index 0eb9b49f..ddf7894c 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-6-prepare_experiment.R
@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ mock_prev_out <- function(samples = "sample_a", counts = NULL, prev_out_config =
   create_seurat(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
 }
 
+mock_input <- function(){
+  input <- list(input = list(type="10X"), experimentId = "1234")
+}
 
 test_that("prepare_experiment ensures gene_annotations are indexed correctly for each sample", {
 
   samples <- c("a", "b", "c")
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(samples = samples)
 
+  input <- mock_input()
+
   # remove some genes from each sample
   prev_out$counts_list$a <- prev_out$counts_list$a[-c(1:9), ]
   prev_out$counts_list$b <- prev_out$counts_list$b[-c(21:30), ]
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ test_that("prepare_experiment ensures gene_annotations are indexed correctly for
 
   # re-create seurat object
   prev_out <- create_seurat(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
-  scdata_list <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output$scdata
+  scdata_list <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output$scdata
 
   # we expect that the input in gene_annotations is the same as the rownames of
   # each sample seurat object
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ test_that("add_metadata_to_samples generated cell ids do not depend on sample or
 
 test_that("prepare_experiment generates qc_config that matches snapshot", {
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out()
-  input <- list(experimentId = "1234")
+  input <- mock_input()
   task_out <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output
 
   expect_snapshot(str(task_out$qc_config))
@@ -154,8 +159,9 @@ test_that("prepare_experiment creates a list of valid Seurat objects", {
   samples <- c("a", "b", "c")
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(samples )
   scdata_list <- prev_out$scdata_list
+  input <- mock_input()
 
-  task_out <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
+  task_out <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output
   scdata_list <- task_out$scdata_list
 
 
@@ -175,7 +181,9 @@ test_that("prepare_experiment properly populates the misc slot", {
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(samples )
   scdata_list <- prev_out$scdata_list
 
-  task_out <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
+  input <- mock_input()
+
+  task_out <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output
   scdata_list <- task_out$scdata_list
 
   for (sample in samples) {
@@ -197,7 +205,9 @@ test_that("prepare_experiment properly populates the metadata slot", {
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(samples)
   scdata_list <- prev_out$scdata_list
 
-  task_out <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
+  input <- mock_input()
+
+  task_out <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output
   scdata_list <- task_out$scdata_list
 
   for (sample in samples) {
@@ -230,7 +240,9 @@ test_that("Mitochondrial percentage is correct", {
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(samples)
   scdata_list <- prev_out$scdata_list
 
-  task_out <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
+  input <- mock_input()
+
+  task_out <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output
   scdata_list <- task_out$scdata_list
 
   for (sample in samples) {
@@ -254,9 +266,11 @@ test_that("Skips qc config creation if it is already created in prev_out", {
   samples <- c("a", "b", "c")
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(samples = samples, prev_out_config = c('mocked'))
 
+  input <- mock_input()
+
   # re-create seurat object
   prev_out <- create_seurat(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
-  scdata_list <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)
+  scdata_list <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)
 
   expect_true(prev_out$qc_config == c('mocked'))
 })
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-7-upload_to_aws.R b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-7-upload_to_aws.R
index 5b205228..b80fbdeb 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-7-upload_to_aws.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-gem2s-7-upload_to_aws.R
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ mock_scdata_list <- function(config) {
   prev_out <- mock_prev_out(config)
   scdata_list <- prev_out$scdata_list
 
-  task_out <- prepare_experiment(NULL, NULL, prev_out)$output
+  input <- mock_input()
+
+  task_out <- prepare_experiment(input, NULL, prev_out)$output
   scdata_list <- task_out$scdata_list
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ mock_input <- function(metadata = NULL) {
     sampleIds = list("123abc", "123def", "123ghi"),
     metadata = metadata,
     experimentId = "mock_experiment_id",
-    projectId = "mock_experiment_id"
+    projectId = "mock_experiment_id",
+    input = list( type= "10x")
   )
 
   return(input)
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-subset-1-subset_seurat.R b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-subset-1-subset_seurat.R
index 438e9719..e04d6ab9 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-subset-1-subset_seurat.R
+++ b/pipeline-runner/tests/testthat/test-subset-1-subset_seurat.R
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mock_scdata_list <- function(samples = rep("mock_sample_1_id", 80)) {
 }
 
 mock_input <- function(parent_experiment_id, cellset_keys, samples = rep("mock_sample_1_id", 80), sample_ids = c("mock_sample_1_id")) {
-  parentProcessingConfig <- construct_qc_config(mock_scdata_list(samples), unfiltered_samples = sample_ids)
+  parentProcessingConfig <- construct_qc_config(mock_scdata_list(samples), unfiltered_samples = sample_ids, technology = "10x")
 
   list(
     parentExperimentId = parent_experiment_id,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ test_that("generate_subset_config works correctly", {
   parent_sample_ids <- c("sample-id-1", "sample-id-2", "sample-id-3", "sample-id-4")
   scdata_list <- mock_scdata_list(samples = rep(parent_sample_ids, 20))
 
-  parent_processing_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = parent_sample_ids)
+  parent_processing_config <- construct_qc_config(scdata_list, unfiltered_samples = parent_sample_ids, technology = "10x")
 
   # Make some of the configs unique to each sample
   # so we can check that the translation preserves the configs