Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/megatest.config
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/megatest.config
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [setup]
 testcopycmd cp --remove-destination -rlv TEST_SRC_PATH/. TEST_TARG_PATH/. >> TEST_TARG_PATH/mt_launch.log 2>> TEST_TARG_PATH/mt_launch.log
-runqueue 2
+# runqueue 2
 
 [include ../fdk.config]
 
 [server]
 timeout 0.01

Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/tests/bigrun/testconfig
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/tests/bigrun/testconfig
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/tests/bigrun/testconfig
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 # waiton setup
 priority 0
 
 # Iteration for your tests are controlled by the items section
 [items]
-NUMBER #{scheme (string-intersperse (map number->string (sort (let loop ((a 0)(res '()))(if (< a 4500)(loop (+ a 1)(cons a res)) res)) >)) " ")}
+NUMBER #{scheme (string-intersperse (map number->string (sort (let loop ((a 0)(res '()))(if (< a (or (any->number (get-environment-variable "NUMTESTS")) 1100))(loop (+ a 1)(cons a res)) res)) >)) " ")}
 
 # test_meta is a section for storing additional data on your test
 [test_meta]
 author matt
 owner  matt