diff --git a/.gitlab/machines.yml b/.gitlab/machines.yml
index 56efee2f4..d7b68b90a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/machines.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/machines.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
     - ruby
     - shell
   variables:
+    SCHEDULER_PARAMETERS: "--res=ci --exclusive=user --deadline=now+1hour -N 2 -t 60"
     HOSTNAME: 'ruby'
-    PARTITION: pdebug
-    BUILD_ALLOC: srun -N 1 -c 36 -p pdebug -t 60
-    CLEAN_ALLOC: srun -n 20
   extends: [.on_toss_4_x86]
 
 .on_lassen:
@@ -17,9 +15,10 @@
     - lassen
     - shell
   variables:
+    SCHEDULER_PARAMETERS: "-nnodes 1 -W 60 -q pci -alloc_flags atsdisable"
+    LSB_JOB_STARTER: [ "ENVIRONMENT=BATCH" ]
+    ENVIRONMENT: "BATCH"
     HOSTNAME: 'lassen'
-    BUILD_ALLOC: lalloc 1 -W 60
-    CLEAN_ALLOC: lalloc 1 lrun -n 20
     LC_MODULES: "cuda/11.1.0"
   extends: [.on_blueos_3_ppc64]
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts.yml b/.gitlab/scripts.yml
index c5ad9f9ab..f05759655 100644
--- a/.gitlab/scripts.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     - cd $CI_BUILD_DIR
     - echo $SPEC
 
-    - $BUILD_ALLOC ./$SCRIPT_DIR/gitlab/build_and_install.py --spec="$SPEC" --tpls-only
+    - ./$SCRIPT_DIR/gitlab/build_and_install.py --spec="$SPEC" --tpls-only
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - ci-dir.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   script:
     - CI_BUILD_DIR=$(cat ci-dir.txt)
     - cd $CI_BUILD_DIR && cat job-name.txt
-    - $BUILD_ALLOC ./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/host-config-build.py --host-config gitlab.cmake --build $EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS
+    - ./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/host-config-build.py --host-config gitlab.cmake --build $EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - ci-dir.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     - CI_BUILD_DIR=$(cat ci-dir.txt)
     - cd $CI_BUILD_DIR && cat job-name.txt
 
-    - ./build_gitlab/install/spheral-ats ./build_gitlab/install/$ATS_FILE || exit_code=$?
+    - ./build_gitlab/install/spheral-ats --ciRun ./build_gitlab/install/$ATS_FILE || exit_code=$?
     - cp -r test-logs $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     - exit $exit_code
   artifacts:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     - ml load mpifileutils
     - cd $SPHERAL_BUILDS_DIR
-    - $CLEAN_ALLOC drm $CI_BUILD_DIR/..
+    - drm $CI_BUILD_DIR/..
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Shared TPL scripts.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   variables:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
   script:
-    - $BUILD_ALLOC ./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/tpl-manager.py --spec-list="$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/spec-list.json" --spheral-spack-dir=$UPSTREAM_DIR
+    - ./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/tpl-manager.py --spec-list="$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/spec-list.json" --spheral-spack-dir=$UPSTREAM_DIR
 
 .toss_update_permissions:
   stage: update_permissions
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
   script:
     - ml load mpifileutils
-    - srun -N 1 -p $PARTITION -n 20 -t 10 dchmod --mode go+rx $UPSTREAM_DIR
+    - dchmod --mode go+rx $UPSTREAM_DIR
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Production Installation scripts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     - INSTALL_DIR=/usr/gapps/Spheral/$SYS_TYPE/spheral-$SPHERAL_REV_STR
     - DEV_PKG_NAME=$SYS_TYPE-spheral-dev-pkg-$SPHERAL_REV_STR
 
-    - env SPHERAL_REV_STR=$SPHERAL_REV_STR INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR SPEC=$SPEC SPACK_PKG_NAME=$SPACK_PKG_NAME BUILD_ALLOC="$BUILD_ALLOC" SCRIPT_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR
+    - env SPHERAL_REV_STR=$SPHERAL_REV_STR INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR SPEC=$SPEC SPACK_PKG_NAME=$SPACK_PKG_NAME SCRIPT_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR
       bash ./$SCRIPT_DIR/lc/generate-buildcache.sh
 
     - echo $INSTALL_DIR &> install-dir.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     - tar -xzf $DEV_PKG_NAME.tar.gz
     - cd $DEV_PKG_NAME
 
-    - env INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR SPEC=$SPEC SPACK_PKG_NAME=$SPACK_PKG_NAME BUILD_ALLOC="$BUILD_ALLOC" SCRIPT_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR
+    - env INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR SPEC=$SPEC SPACK_PKG_NAME=$SPACK_PKG_NAME SCRIPT_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR
       bash ./$SCRIPT_DIR/lc/install-from-dev-pkg.sh
 
   artifacts:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     - chmod go+r /usr/gapps/Spheral/modulefiles/Spheral/"$ALIAS".lua
 
     - ml load mpifileutils
-    - srun -N 1 -p $PARTITION -n 20 -t 10 dchmod --mode go+rx $INSTALL_DIR
+    - dchmod --mode go+rx $INSTALL_DIR
     - ln -sfn $INSTALL_DIR /usr/gapps/Spheral/$SYS_TYPE/$ALIAS
 
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     - echo $DIR_LIST
 
     - ml load mpifileutils
-    - if [[ $DIR_LIST ]]; then $CLEAN_ALLOC drm $DIR_LIST; else echo "No directories to remove at this time."; fi
+    - if [[ $DIR_LIST ]]; then drm $DIR_LIST; else echo "No directories to remove at this time."; fi
   when: always
 
 .merge_pr_rule:
diff --git a/scripts/atstest.in b/scripts/atstest.in
index ebc94a084..e1262dccb 100644
--- a/scripts/atstest.in
+++ b/scripts/atstest.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Running with exec bash -l prevents blueOS from printing stty error messages
-exec bash -l @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/spheral @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/scripts/spheral_ats.py "$@"
+@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/spheral @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/scripts/spheral_ats.py "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/lc/install-from-dev-pkg.sh b/scripts/lc/install-from-dev-pkg.sh
index b4b6a1c6f..d109da586 100644
--- a/scripts/lc/install-from-dev-pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc/install-from-dev-pkg.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ trap 'echo "# $BASH_COMMAND"' DEBUG
 
 SPACK_PKG_NAME=${SPACK_PKG_NAME:-'spheral'}
 SPACK_URL=${SPACK_URL:-'https://github.com/spack/spack'}
-BUILD_ALLOC=${BUILD_ALLOC}
 SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR:-'scripts'}
 
 if [[ -z "${SPEC}" ]]; then
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ echo $SPEC
 echo $SPACK_URL
 echo $INSTALL_DIR
 echo $SCRIPT_DIR
-echo $BUILD_ALLOC
 
 rm -rf $INSTALL_DIR
 mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR
@@ -36,12 +34,12 @@ spack mirror add --unsigned spheral-mirror $PWD/resources/mirror
 spack mirror add --unsigned spheral-cache $PWD/resources
 spack buildcache update-index $PWD/resources/mirror
 
-$BUILD_ALLOC spack install --fresh --deprecated --no-check-signature --only dependencies $SPACK_PKG_NAME@develop%$SPEC
+spack install --fresh --deprecated --no-check-signature --only dependencies $SPACK_PKG_NAME@develop%$SPEC
 
-$BUILD_ALLOC ./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/tpl-manager.py --spack-url $SPACK_URL --no-upstream --spheral-spack-dir $INSTALL_DIR/spheral-spack-tpls --spec $SPEC
+./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/tpl-manager.py --spack-url $SPACK_URL --no-upstream --spheral-spack-dir $INSTALL_DIR/spheral-spack-tpls --spec $SPEC
 
 HOST_CONFIG_FILE=$(ls -t | grep -E "*\.cmake" | head -1)
-$BUILD_ALLOC ./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/host-config-build.py --host-config $HOST_CONFIG_FILE -i $INSTALL_DIR --build --no-clean
+./$SCRIPT_DIR/devtools/host-config-build.py --host-config $HOST_CONFIG_FILE -i $INSTALL_DIR --build --no-clean
 
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/spheral_ats.py b/scripts/spheral_ats.py
index 33c128606..e83509cb2 100644
--- a/scripts/spheral_ats.py
+++ b/scripts/spheral_ats.py
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--timeLimit", type=int,
                         default=None,
                         help="Time limit for allocation.")
+    parser.add_argument("--ciRun", action="store_true",
+                        help="Option to only be used by the CI")
     parser.add_argument("--perfTest", action="store_true",
                         help="Turn on if doing a performance test.")
     parser.add_argument("--atsHelp", action="store_true",
@@ -141,9 +143,12 @@ def main():
     ats_args = install_ats_args()
     numNodes = options.numNodes
     timeLimit = options.timeLimit
-    ciRun = False if options.perfTest else True
     launch_cmd = ""
     blueOS = False
+    # These are environment variables to suggest we are in an allocation already
+    # NOTE: CI runs should already be in an allocation so the launch cmd is
+    # unused in those cases
+    inAllocVars = []
 
     if hostname:
         mac_args = []
@@ -151,11 +156,15 @@ def main():
             numNodes = numNodes if numNodes else 2
             timeLimit = timeLimit if timeLimit else 120
             mac_args = [f"--numNodes {numNodes}"]
+            inAllocVars = ["SLURM_JOB_NUM_NODES", "SLURM_NNODES"]
             launch_cmd = f"salloc --exclusive -N {numNodes} -t {timeLimit} "
+            if (options.ciRun):
+                launch_cmd += "-p pdebug "
         elif any(x in hostname for x in blueos_machine_names):
             blueOS = True
             numNodes = numNodes if numNodes else 1
             timeLimit = timeLimit if timeLimit else 60
+            inAllocVars = ["LSB_MAX_NUM_PROCESSORS"]
             mac_args = ["--smpi_off", f"--numNodes {numNodes}"]
             launch_cmd = f"bsub -nnodes {numNodes} -Is -XF -W {timeLimit} -core_isolation 2 "
         ats_args.extend(mac_args)
@@ -164,7 +173,7 @@ def main():
     # Launch ATS
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # If doing a CI run, set some more options
-    if (ciRun):
+    if (not options.perfTest):
         if ("--logs" not in unknown_options):
             ats_args.append(f"--logs {test_log_name}")
             log_name = test_log_name
@@ -176,14 +185,20 @@ def main():
     ats_args = " ".join(str(x) for x in ats_args)
     other_args = " ".join(str(x) for x in unknown_options)
     cmd = f"{ats_exe} -e {spheral_exe} {ats_args} {other_args}"
-    if blueOS:
-        # Launches using Bsub have issues with '<' being in command
-        # so entire run statment must be in quotes
-        run_command = f"{launch_cmd} '{cmd}'"
+    # Check if are already in an allocation
+    inAlloc = any(e in list(os.environ.keys()) for e in inAllocVars)
+    # If already in allocation, do not do a launch
+    if inAlloc:
+        run_command = cmd
     else:
-        run_command = f"{launch_cmd}{cmd}"
+        if blueOS:
+            # Launches using Bsub have issues with '<' being in command
+            # so entire run statment must be in quotes
+            run_command = f"{launch_cmd} '{cmd}'"
+        else:
+            run_command = f"{launch_cmd}{cmd}"
     print(f"\nRunning: {run_command}\n")
-    if (ciRun):
+    if (options.ciRun):
         run_and_report(run_command, log_name, 0)
     else:
         try: