diff --git a/etc/picongpu/frontier-ornl/batch.tpl b/etc/picongpu/frontier-ornl/batch.tpl
index c14f065f13..74f7f34831 100644
--- a/etc/picongpu/frontier-ornl/batch.tpl
+++ b/etc/picongpu/frontier-ornl/batch.tpl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #SBATCH --ntasks-per-gpu=1
 #SBATCH --gpu-bind=closest
 #SBATCH --gres=gpu:!TBG_devicesPerNode
+#SBATCH --exclusive
 
 #SBATCH --mail-type=!TBG_mailSettings
 #SBATCH --mail-user=!TBG_mailAddress