diff --git a/bin/set_core_device b/bin/set_core_device
index 0a3803bd98e742ed5be919b2e346198eb304abef..da13274537617e4d83a4237e17d37b321a5e1512 100755
--- a/bin/set_core_device
+++ b/bin/set_core_device
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Numactl='taskset -c '
 
 if [[ "x${SLURM_HINT}" != *nomultithread* ]]
 then
-HYP_FAC=1
+HYP_FAC=2
 else
 HYP_FAC=1
 fi