diff --git a/wetb/prepost/Simulations.py b/wetb/prepost/Simulations.py
index 9145531a26752089ac878d2c50ec894f83b2265f..d75d7f89979ef6318635de1cf5ce06f2c41ff36e 100755
--- a/wetb/prepost/Simulations.py
+++ b/wetb/prepost/Simulations.py
@@ -3748,23 +3748,28 @@ class Cases(object):
             save_pickle(os.path.join(self.post_dir, self.sim_id + '_fail.pkl'),
                         self.cases_fail)
 
-    def remove_failed(self):
+    def remove_failed(self, verbose=False):
 
         # don't do anything if there is nothing defined
         if self.cases_fail == None:
             print('no failed cases to remove')
             return
 
+        nr_cases = len(self.cases)
         # ditch all the failed cases out of the htc_dict
         # otherwise we will have fails when reading the results data files
         for k in self.cases_fail:
             try:
                 self.cases_fail[k] = copy.copy(self.cases[k])
                 del self.cases[k]
-                print('removed from htc_dict due to error: ' + k)
+                if verbose:
+                    print('removed from htc_dict due to error: ' + k)
             except KeyError:
-                print('WARNING: failed case does not occur in cases')
-                print('   ', k)
+                if verbose:
+                    print('WARNING: failed case does not occur in cases')
+                    print('   ', k)
+        rpl = (len(self.cases_fail), nr_cases)
+        print('removed %i failed cases (out of %i)' % rpl)
 
     def load_failed(self, sim_id):
 
diff --git a/wetb/prepost/dlctemplate.py b/wetb/prepost/dlctemplate.py
index c3e2c166274946ae02e7fa29f66e4a5632ea55e1..60b36e2a24cb7ffecd8023c794a81ac978d8cc47 100644
--- a/wetb/prepost/dlctemplate.py
+++ b/wetb/prepost/dlctemplate.py
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ def prepare_failed(compress=False, wine_arch='win32', wine_prefix='~/.wine32',
                               ppn=20, nr_procs_series=3, walltime='20:00:00',
                               chunks_dir='zip-chunks-jess-fail', compress=compress,
                               wine_arch=wine_arch, wine_prefix=wine_prefix,
-                              prelude=prelude, queue='windq')
+                              prelude=prelude, queue='windq', i0=1000)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':