diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index cc5dbd19..d11501fd 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -117,11 +117,14 @@
     "SAST",
     "Segoe",
     "Sinebow",
+    "SMFLUX",
     "SOMISANA",
     "subdataset",
     "subdatasets",
+    "sustr",
     "swcrc",
     "Swipeable",
+    "swparam",
     "Terrestris",
     "tileserv",
     "timestep",
diff --git a/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile b/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile
index dd30f3d9..e50d5d96 100644
--- a/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile
+++ b/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG NP_ETA=2
-ARG NP_XI=2
+ARG NP_ETA=4
+ARG NP_XI=3
 
 ENV NP_ETA=$NP_ETA
 ENV NP_XI=$NP_XI
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ COPY croco/overwrites/ .
 
 # Configure param.h
 # TODO - next, refactor this to be at container run time (along with compilication)
-RUN sed -e "s/\$NP_XI/3/g" -e "s/\$NP_ETA/4/g" _param.h > croco-1.1/param.h
-RUN sed -e "s/\$NP_XI/3/g" -e "s/\$NP_ETA/4/g" _param.h > param.h
+RUN sed -e "s/\$NP_XI/${NP_XI:-3}/g" -e "s/\$NP_ETA/${NP_ETA:-4}/g" _param.h > croco-1.1/param.h
+RUN sed -e "s/\$NP_XI/${NP_XI:-3}/g" -e "s/\$NP_ETA/${NP_ETA:-4}/g" _param.h > param.h
 RUN rm _param.h
 RUN rm croco-1.1/_param.h
 
diff --git a/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash b/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash
index 3193d35b..70e23ae6 100755
--- a/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash
+++ b/models/algoa-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NH_AVG=1  # The temporal average of the output file in hours edited to save ever
 NH_AVGSURF=1  # The temporal average of the output file (only surface variables) in hours
 NDAYS=$((HDAYS + FDAYS))
 INDIR=$(pwd)  # where the croco_frcst.in file is stored, in the current setup it is in the same directory
-MPI_NUM_PROCS=$(( ${NP_ETA:-2} * ${NP_XI:-2} ))
+MPI_NUM_PROCS=$(( ${NP_ETA:-4} * ${NP_XI:-3} ))
 EXEDIR=$(pwd)
 INPUTDIR=$RUNDIR/croco/forcing
 SCRATCHDIR=$RUNDIR/croco/scratch
diff --git a/models/false-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile b/models/false-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile
index df823c44..00e072f5 100644
--- a/models/false-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile
+++ b/models/false-bay-forecast/croco.Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG NP_ETA=2
+ARG NP_ETA=4
 ARG NP_XI=2
 
 ENV NP_ETA=$NP_ETA
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ COPY croco/1.1/ croco-1.1/
 COPY croco/overwrites/ croco-1.1/
 COPY croco/overwrites/ .
 
+# Configure param.h
+# TODO - next, refactor this to be at container run time (along with compilication)
+RUN sed -e "s/\$NP_XI/${NP_XI:-2}/g" -e "s/\$NP_ETA/${NP_ETA:-4}/g" _param.h > croco-1.1/param.h
+RUN sed -e "s/\$NP_XI/${NP_XI:-2}/g" -e "s/\$NP_ETA/${NP_ETA:-4}/g" _param.h > param.h
+RUN rm _param.h
+RUN rm croco-1.1/_param.h
+
 # Create the entrypoint to run the compiled model
 COPY croco/run-model/ .
 
diff --git a/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/overwrites/param.h b/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/overwrites/_param.h
similarity index 99%
rename from models/false-bay-forecast/croco/overwrites/param.h
rename to models/false-bay-forecast/croco/overwrites/_param.h
index 1ebbb462..d32a3031 100755
--- a/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/overwrites/param.h
+++ b/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/overwrites/_param.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
       integer NSUB_X, NSUB_E, NPP
 #ifdef MPI
       integer NP_XI, NP_ETA, NNODES     
-      parameter (NP_XI=2,  NP_ETA=4,  NNODES=NP_XI*NP_ETA)
+      parameter (NP_XI=$NP_XI,  NP_ETA=$NP_ETA,  NNODES=NP_XI*NP_ETA)
       parameter (NPP=1)
       parameter (NSUB_X=1, NSUB_E=1)
 #elif defined OPENMP
diff --git a/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash b/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash
index 65caded2..35370b7c 100755
--- a/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash
+++ b/models/false-bay-forecast/croco/run-model/run_croco.bash
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NH_AVG=1 # The temporal average of the output file in hours edited to save every
 NH_AVGSURF=1 # The temporal average of the output file (only surface variables) in hours
 NDAYS=$((HDAYS + FDAYS))
 INDIR=$(pwd) # where the croco_frcst.in file is stored, in the current setup it is in the same directory
-MPI_NUM_PROCS=$(( ${NP_ETA:-2} * ${NP_XI:-2} ))
+MPI_NUM_PROCS=$(( ${NP_ETA:-4} * ${NP_XI:-2} ))
 EXEDIR=$(pwd)
 INPUTDIR=$RUNDIR/croco/forcing
 AGRIF_FILE=$INDIR/AGRIF_FixedGrids.in #The nested run needs the AGRIF.in file