diff --git a/src/control_methods/no_denoising/config.vsh.yaml b/src/control_methods/no_denoising/config.vsh.yaml
index 49e6947..dcfd530 100644
--- a/src/control_methods/no_denoising/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/control_methods/no_denoising/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ engines:
     image: ghcr.io/openproblems-bio/base_python:1.0.4
 
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, midmem, midcpu]
diff --git a/src/control_methods/perfect_denoising/config.vsh.yaml b/src/control_methods/perfect_denoising/config.vsh.yaml
index e328a9a..ea4def4 100644
--- a/src/control_methods/perfect_denoising/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/control_methods/perfect_denoising/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ engines:
     image: ghcr.io/openproblems-bio/base_python:1.0.4
 
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, midmem, midcpu]
diff --git a/src/methods/alra/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/alra/config.vsh.yaml
index a549aab..0113796 100644
--- a/src/methods/alra/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/alra/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ engines:
         cran: [ Matrix, rsvd ]
         github: KlugerLab/ALRA
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, highcpu]
diff --git a/src/methods/dca/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/dca/config.vsh.yaml
index efb2eb5..3d62968 100644
--- a/src/methods/dca/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/dca/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ engines:
           - jsonschema
           - "git+https://github.com/scottgigante-immunai/dca.git@patch-1"
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, highcpu]
diff --git a/src/methods/knn_smoothing/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/knn_smoothing/config.vsh.yaml
index ee9852e..d0b1ade 100644
--- a/src/methods/knn_smoothing/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/knn_smoothing/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ engines:
         github:
           - scottgigante-immunai/knn-smoothing@python_package
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, highcpu]
diff --git a/src/methods/magic/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/magic/config.vsh.yaml
index 5edd540..e1760a1 100644
--- a/src/methods/magic/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/magic/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ engines:
       - type: python
         pip: [scprep, magic-impute, scipy, scikit-learn<1.2]
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, highcpu]
diff --git a/src/methods/saver/config.vsh.yaml b/src/methods/saver/config.vsh.yaml
index eb5755d..44a6841 100644
--- a/src/methods/saver/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/methods/saver/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ engines:
       - type: r
         github: mohuangx/SAVER
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, highcpu]
diff --git a/src/metrics/mse/config.vsh.yaml b/src/metrics/mse/config.vsh.yaml
index d21e138..2dd3ef9 100644
--- a/src/metrics/mse/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics/mse/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ engines:
           - scikit-learn
           - scprep
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, midcpu]
diff --git a/src/metrics/poisson/config.vsh.yaml b/src/metrics/poisson/config.vsh.yaml
index 4577e51..f36054d 100644
--- a/src/metrics/poisson/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics/poisson/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ engines:
       - type: python
         pip: scprep
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives: 
       label: [midtime, highmem, midcpu]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/process_dataset/config.vsh.yaml b/src/process_dataset/config.vsh.yaml
index 915a7fc..4a2f111 100644
--- a/src/process_dataset/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/process_dataset/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ engines:
           - numpy
           - scipy
 runners:
+  - type: executable
   - type: nextflow
     directives:
       label: [highmem, midcpu , midtime]