diff --git a/spim_registration/timelapse/export.bsh b/spim_registration/timelapse/export.bsh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1e928a8113f474ce8523b99124eb68f196db4a1b..6c4a591e4fe71f940229866eb8fa4f3ee1b918a7
--- a/spim_registration/timelapse/export.bsh
+++ b/spim_registration/timelapse/export.bsh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
 System.out.println(runtime.availableProcessors() + " cores available for multi-threading");
 
-Prefs.setThreads(1); 	// defines the number of threads allowed 
-print("Threads: "+Prefs.getThreads()); // prints thread setting in output
+//Prefs.setThreads(1); 	// defines the number of threads allowed 
+//print("Threads: "+Prefs.getThreads()); // prints thread setting in output
 
 System.out.println("Start loading parameters");
 
diff --git a/spim_registration/timelapse/export_output.bsh b/spim_registration/timelapse/export_output.bsh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f05798a6b9e011e8d1b8737940a6a7cb08c5ca8e..065b998ae669a0e6e01b43cb9245146686ae9605
--- a/spim_registration/timelapse/export_output.bsh
+++ b/spim_registration/timelapse/export_output.bsh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import java.io.FilenameFilter;
 runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
 System.out.println(runtime.availableProcessors() + " cores available for multi-threading");
 
-Prefs.setThreads(1); 	// defines the number of threads allowed 
-print("Threads: "+Prefs.getThreads()); // prints thread setting in output
+//Prefs.setThreads(1); 	// defines the number of threads allowed 
+//print("Threads: "+Prefs.getThreads()); // prints thread setting in output
 
 System.out.println("Start loading parameters");