diff --git a/hpc/torque/start.sh b/hpc/torque/start.sh
index 755391d692d8dde2ac7311070a390000d55dfe63..99cbdcca9bfc3697b31c5fd5ba76aa7a9fcd60e2 100755
--- a/hpc/torque/start.sh
+++ b/hpc/torque/start.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,19 @@
 
 rm codebreaker.out codebreaker.err
 
-echo "Starting codebreaker..."
-qsub -l nodes=2:ppn=40 -M moritz.eckert@fau.de torque.sh > job.id
+echo -n "Starting codebreaker..."
+qsub -l nodes=10:ppn=40 -M moritz.eckert@fau.de torque.sh > job.id
 
+stat='Q'
+while [ $stat = "Q" ];
+do
+    stat=`qstat -f | sed -n 4p | sed 's/.\s\+job_state = //'`
+    echo -n '.'
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+
+echo ""
 echo -n "Running..."
 ready=0
 while [ $ready -eq 0 ];
@@ -25,4 +35,6 @@ while [ ! -f codebreaker.out ]; do
 done
 
 ./parse-output.py codebreaker.out codebreaker.found
+echo ""
 cat codebreaker.found
+
diff --git a/hpc/torque/torque.sh b/hpc/torque/torque.sh
index 56163ed20011aa25818054748556546e0bf86316..917d390183152134b7c242214a64bd64e932a100 100755
--- a/hpc/torque/torque.sh
+++ b/hpc/torque/torque.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -l
 #
 # allocate 20 nodes (168 CPUs) for 6 hours
-#PBS -l nodes=2:ppn=40,walltime=01:00:00
+#PBS -l nodes=10:ppn=40,walltime=01:00:00
 #
 # job name 
 #PBS -N codebreaker_42