diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 174b8814..61dc8aa9 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ working_dir:
 
 # Start time in minutes (0 to be clock-independent, 540 to show a start at 09:00 am).
 # 600 is 10am
-start_time: 540
+start_time: 600
 # Start time for people wanting to skip bash content
 hpc_start_time: 780
 # Lesson to start at.
diff --git a/_episodes/01-cluster.md b/_episodes/01-cluster.md
index cf224610..91b85125 100644
--- a/_episodes/01-cluster.md
+++ b/_episodes/01-cluster.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Working on a remote HPC system"
 # teaching: 10
-teaching: 30
+teaching: 20
 exercises: 0
 questions:
 - "What is an HPC system?"
diff --git a/_episodes/02-filedir.md b/_episodes/02-filedir.md
index 522ee0b6..2ce68512 100644
--- a/_episodes/02-filedir.md
+++ b/_episodes/02-filedir.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Navigating Files and Directories"
-teaching: 40
-exercises: 20
+teaching: 30
+exercises: 10
 questions:
 - "How can I move around the cluster filesystem"
 - "How can I see what files and directories I have?"
diff --git a/_episodes/03-break1.md b/_episodes/03-break1.md
index 31646eea..65ba3c2d 100644
--- a/_episodes/03-break1.md
+++ b/_episodes/03-break1.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: "Morning Break"
 layout: break
-break: 30
+break: 10
 ---
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_episodes/04-modules.md b/_episodes/04-modules.md
index 42cc7bf2..d0812c54 100644
--- a/_episodes/04-modules.md
+++ b/_episodes/04-modules.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Accessing software via Modules"
-teaching: 30
+teaching: 20
 exercises: 10
 questions:
 - "How do we load and unload software packages?"
diff --git a/_episodes/05-scheduler.md b/_episodes/05-scheduler.md
index 93977505..f4d303df 100644
--- a/_episodes/05-scheduler.md
+++ b/_episodes/05-scheduler.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Scheduler Fundamentals"
-teaching: 30
-exercises: 20
+teaching: 20
+exercises: 10
 questions:
 - "What is a scheduler and why does a cluster need one?"
 - "How do I launch a program to run on a compute node in the cluster?"
diff --git a/_episodes/06-lunch.md b/_episodes/06-lunch.md
index 87afcec7..db16afe4 100644
--- a/_episodes/06-lunch.md
+++ b/_episodes/06-lunch.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: "Lunch"
 layout: break
-break: 60
+break: 45
 ---
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_episodes/064-parallel.md b/_episodes/064-parallel.md
index f0f4b10e..c16b8f80 100644
--- a/_episodes/064-parallel.md
+++ b/_episodes/064-parallel.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "What is Parallel Computing"
-teaching: 30
-exercises: 20
+teaching: 15
+exercises: 5
 questions:
 - "How do we execute a task in parallel?"
 - "What benefits arise from parallel execution?"
diff --git a/_episodes/07-resources.md b/_episodes/07-resources.md
index 35cf2e84..087f562a 100644
--- a/_episodes/07-resources.md
+++ b/_episodes/07-resources.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Using resources effectively"
-teaching: 35
-exercises: 25
+teaching: 25
+exercises: 10
 questions:
 - "How can I review past jobs?"
 - "How can I use this knowledge to create a more accurate submission script?"
diff --git a/_episodes/08-break2.md b/_episodes/08-break2.md
index 2e7cba65..5620aa08 100644
--- a/_episodes/08-break2.md
+++ b/_episodes/08-break2.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: "Afternoon Break"
 layout: break
-break: 30
+break: 10
 ---
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_episodes/09-scaling.md b/_episodes/09-scaling.md
index 0eba9556..ee87ad0f 100644
--- a/_episodes/09-scaling.md
+++ b/_episodes/09-scaling.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Scaling"
-teaching: 10
+teaching: 5
 exercises: 30
 questions:
 - "How do we go from running a job on a small number of CPUs to a larger one."