diff --git a/gradle/nshm.gradle b/gradle/nshm.gradle
index f4ba171888c411048605a30050ea0f7cdc07aa65..2597e0c20c1f214c85a429768414eab10ed5ec74 100644
--- a/gradle/nshm.gradle
+++ b/gradle/nshm.gradle
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ task testConus2018(type: Test) {
   }
 
   useJUnitPlatform()
-  jvmArgs(
-      "-Xms2g",
-      "-Xmx${xmx}",
-      )
+  // jvmArgs(
+  //     "-Xms2g",
+  //     "-Xmx${xmx}",
+  //     )
 
   filter {
     includeTestsMatching "gov.usgs.earthquake.nshmp.model.NshmTests.testConus2018"
diff --git a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
index f867f6d9bcd91c261b3f6f1cae00f933a1d68574..04c7e2a22fa173b6156e16fa2e634b3565e5b9ef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class NshmTestUtils {
     return new NshmModel(
         nshm,
         ModelLoader.load(nshm.modelPath()),
-        Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4));
+        Executors.newFixedThreadPool(cores));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ class NshmTestUtils {
         .imts(nshmModel.nshm.imts())
         .build();
 
+    LOGGER.info(config.toString());
+
     Hazard hazard = HazardCalcs.hazard(
         nshmModel.model,
         config,