diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
index c2600f0e462a41e6a98782b237bdb829d2eadb3a..fe293a0308352acb4f694e208708db7c1d3d06fa 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ topology_template:
             event_type: threshold
             metric: processes.running
             condition:
-              threshold: 1
-              granularity: 12
+              threshold: 0
+              granularity: 10
               aggregation_method: max
               resource_type:
                 flame_location: DC1