diff --git a/etc/settings.yaml.in b/etc/settings.yaml.in
index 280d19f..ca74536 100755
--- a/etc/settings.yaml.in
+++ b/etc/settings.yaml.in
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ execution:
     count_reads:
       threads: 1
       memory: 6000
+    check_annotation_files: 
+      threads: 1
+      memory: 16000  
 
 tools:
   gunzip: