diff --git a/dinov2/run/submit.py b/dinov2/run/submit.py
index 68140f3d6d93dc67ccd7c45fe712eb15483d1ad6..38c7034bab577a879423efb12e42ceccf7cc1829 100644
--- a/dinov2/run/submit.py
+++ b/dinov2/run/submit.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def get_args_parser(
     parser.add_argument(
         "--nodes",
         "--nnodes",
-        default=2,
+        default=1,
         type=int,
         help="Number of nodes to request",
     )