diff --git a/QA/doqmtests.mpi b/QA/doqmtests.mpi
index 4cbb875911..f645b181dd 100755
--- a/QA/doqmtests.mpi
+++ b/QA/doqmtests.mpi
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 endif
 #
 #---   small tests
-./runtests.mpi.unix procs 4 testtask
+./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np testtask
 ./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np h2o_opt c2h4
 ./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np auh2o autosym dft_he2+ h2mp2 h2o hess_h2o prop_h2o pyqa
 ./runtests.mpi.unix procs $np geom_zmatrix rimp2_ne rimp2_he scf_feco5 small_intchk tagcheck testtab