diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/ExonScoreBuilder.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/ExonScoreBuilder.pm
index e39cfa7a54806e5432d1e2b58836fc9002d9d0b6..c3908f6a74b100c15878a937f08f90c6c93b57c7 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/ExonScoreBuilder.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/ExonScoreBuilder.pm
@@ -430,7 +430,10 @@ sub run_exonerate {
   $self->logger->debug("$exonerate_job\n\n");
 
   local *BSUB;
-  open BSUB, "|bsub -J$lsf_name\[1-$num_jobs\] -o $logpath/exonerate.\%I.out"
+  open BSUB,
+      "|bsub "
+    . $self->conf()->param('lsf_opt_run')
+    . " -J$lsf_name\[1-$num_jobs\] -o $logpath/exonerate.\%I.out"
     or $self->logger->error("Could not open open pipe to bsub: $!\n");
 
   print BSUB $exonerate_job;
@@ -441,8 +444,10 @@ sub run_exonerate {
   # submit dependent job to monitor finishing of exonerate jobs
   $self->logger->info("Waiting for exonerate jobs to finish...\n", 0, 'stamped');
 
-  my $dependent_job = qq{bsub -K -w "ended($lsf_name)" -q small } .
-    qq{-o $logpath/exonerate_depend.out /bin/true};
+  my $dependent_job =
+      qq{bsub -K -w "ended($lsf_name)" }
+    . $self->conf()->param('lsf_opt_run_small')
+    . qq{ -o $logpath/exonerate_depend.out /bin/true};
 
   system($dependent_job) == 0 or
     $self->logger->error("Error submitting dependent job: $!\n");
diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/SyntenyFramework.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/SyntenyFramework.pm
index 0b2c09339f8a31595cee8c541418ffcffeb2b923..dff799eea755adf3017836e6c67779acfe6f92f6 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/SyntenyFramework.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/IdMapping/SyntenyFramework.pm
@@ -399,8 +399,10 @@ sub rescore_gene_matrix_lsf {
   # submit dependent job to monitor finishing of jobs
   $self->logger->info("Waiting for jobs to finish...\n", 0, 'stamped');
 
-  my $dependent_job = qq{bsub -K -w "ended($lsf_name)" -q small } .
-    qq{-o $logpath/synteny_rescore_depend.out /bin/true};
+  my $dependent_job =
+      qq{bsub -K -w "ended($lsf_name)" }
+    . $self->conf()->param('lsf_opt_run_small')
+    . qq{ -o $logpath/synteny_rescore_depend.out /bin/true};
 
   system($dependent_job) == 0 or
     $self->logger->error("Error submitting dependent job: $!\n");