diff --git a/DATA/production/configurations/asyncReco/async_pass.sh b/DATA/production/configurations/asyncReco/async_pass.sh
index 9b5f3d12b..c83c65c83 100755
--- a/DATA/production/configurations/asyncReco/async_pass.sh
+++ b/DATA/production/configurations/asyncReco/async_pass.sh
@@ -396,13 +396,13 @@ if [[ -n $ALIEN_JDL_PACKAGES ]]; then # if we have this env variable, it means t
 else
   # in LOCAL mode, by default we keep all intermediate files
   echo -e "\n\n**** RUNNING IN LOCAL MODE ****"
-  keep=1
   if [[ "$DO_NOT_KEEP_OUTPUT_IN_LOCAL" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo -e "**** ONLY SOME WORKFLOWS WILL HAVE THE ROOT OUTPUT SAVED ****\n\n"
+    echo -e "**** DO_NOT_KEEP_OUTPUT_IN_LOCAL ENABLED, NOT SETTING keep=0, NOT ENFORCING FULL ROOT OUTPUT ****\n\n"
     keep=0;
   else
     echo -e "**** WE KEEP ALL ROOT OUTPUT ****";
     echo -e "**** IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE ROOT OUTPUT FILES FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES OR SIMILAR, PLEASE SET THE ENV VAR DO_NOT_KEEP_OUTPUT_IN_LOCAL ****\n\n"
+    keep=1
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/DATA/production/workflow-multiplicities.sh b/DATA/production/workflow-multiplicities.sh
index ddb8da1a6..698f83339 100644
--- a/DATA/production/workflow-multiplicities.sh
+++ b/DATA/production/workflow-multiplicities.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if [[ ! -z ${OPTIMIZED_PARALLEL_ASYNC:-} ]]; then
     [[ -z ${TIMEFRAME_RATE_LIMIT:-} ]] && TIMEFRAME_RATE_LIMIT=35
     [[ -z ${SHMSIZE:-} ]] && SHMSIZE=100000000000 # SHM_LIMIT 3/4
     [[ -z ${TIMEFRAME_SHM_LIMIT:-} ]] && TIMEFRAME_SHM_LIMIT=$(($SHMSIZE / 3))
-    [[ -z ${NGPUS:-} ]] && NGPUS=4
+    NGPUS=4
     NGPURECOTHREADS=8
     NTRDTRKTHREADS=8
     ITSTRK_THREADS=5
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ if [[ ! -z ${OPTIMIZED_PARALLEL_ASYNC:-} ]]; then
     N_TOFMATCH=$(math_max $((5 * $NGPUS / 4)) 1)
     N_HMPCLUS=$(math_max $((3 * $NGPUS / 4)) 1)
     N_ITSCL=4
-    N_AODPROD=2
+    N_AODPROD=3
     N_MCHCL=9
     N_HMPMATCH=1
     N_MCHTRK=7