diff --git a/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py b/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
index d32a857ecbdc0d0a3ee856c274c7d38bebf880cc..944dc8f676923227d10e6bdc68a6615d3d7e038b 100755
--- a/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
+++ b/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
@@ -818,6 +818,12 @@ def run():
                                         caltype.upper(), datetime.now().isoformat())
         if try_report_to_output:
             if "out_folder" in args:
+                if "run" in args and str(args["run"]) not in args["out_folder"]:
+                    rr = args["run"]
+                    # Only put run, when it is not in the out_folder
+                    if isinstance(rr, int):
+                        rr = "r{:04d}".format(rr)
+                    args["out_folder"] = "{}/{}/".format(args["out_folder"], rr)
                 out_path = os.path.abspath(args["out_folder"])
             else:
                 print("No 'out_folder' defined as argument, outputting to '{}' instead.".format(
diff --git a/xfel_calibrate/settings.py b/xfel_calibrate/settings.py
index 33924ac125467fd35cb93e882c0d68d619894af9..3b9ee2144029a4f2a5e9b9ef1823e37ada525e6b 100644
--- a/xfel_calibrate/settings.py
+++ b/xfel_calibrate/settings.py
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ launcher_command = "sbatch -t 24:00:00 --requeue --output {temp_path}/slurm-%j.o
 free_nodes_cmd = "sinfo -p exfel -t idle -N --noheader | wc -l"
 preempt_nodes_cmd = "squeue -p all,grid --noheader | grep max-exfl | egrep -v 'max-exfl18[3-8]|max-exfl100|max-exflg' | wc -l"
 max_reserved = 8
-reservation = "xcal"
+# "xcal" reservation value removed as ITDM
+# is giving xcal priority by default.
+reservation = ""
 reservation_char = "darks"