diff --git a/app/org/thp/cortex/services/JobRunnerSrv.scala b/app/org/thp/cortex/services/JobRunnerSrv.scala
index b25a01396..2ce5d645e 100644
--- a/app/org/thp/cortex/services/JobRunnerSrv.scala
+++ b/app/org/thp/cortex/services/JobRunnerSrv.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class JobRunnerSrv @Inject() (
   lazy val responderExecutionContext: ExecutionContext = akkaSystem.dispatchers.lookup("responder")
 
   private val runners: Seq[String] = config
-    .getOptional[Seq[String]]("runners")
+    .getOptional[Seq[String]]("job.runners")
     .getOrElse(Seq("docker", "process"))
     .map(_.toLowerCase)
     .collect {
diff --git a/conf/reference.conf b/conf/reference.conf
index d367a0110..d4cf63c9a 100644
--- a/conf/reference.conf
+++ b/conf/reference.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cache {
 
 job {
   timeout = 30 minutes
-  runner = [docker, process]
+  runners = [docker, process]
 }
 
 # HTTP filters