diff --git a/scripts/start/prepare_and_run.R b/scripts/start/prepare_and_run.R
index 90c64e1cfd09da0e5df76bff57e030e3cb7ec98a..68d691e2ab66d19ad644013bc431a2c06cd90c8a 100644
--- a/scripts/start/prepare_and_run.R
+++ b/scripts/start/prepare_and_run.R
@@ -597,6 +597,18 @@ run <- function(start_subsequent_runs = TRUE) {
   # Save start time
   timeGAMSStart <- Sys.time()
   
+  # De-compress finxing files if they have already been zipped (only valid if run is restarted)
+  if (cfg$gms$cm_startyear > 2005) {
+      if (file.exists("levs.gms.gz")) {
+        cat("Unzip fixing files\n")
+        system("gzip -d -f levs.gms.gz margs.gms.gz fixings.gms.gz")
+      } else if (file.exists("levs.gms")) {
+        cat("Found unzipped fixing files. Using them.\n")
+      } else {
+        stop("cm_startyear > 2005 but no fixing files found, neither zipped or unzipped.")
+      }
+  }
+
   # Print message
   cat("\nStarting REMIND...\n")
 
diff --git a/start.R b/start.R
index 89230c8cdb4eb0161e39726337e50675f7842329..c793f8121ee446f81443d740fcada0155c874cb8 100755
--- a/start.R
+++ b/start.R
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ get_line <- function(){
 choose_folder <- function(folder,title="Please choose a folder") {
   dirs <- NULL
   
-  # Detect all output folders containing fulldata.gdx
+  # Detect all output folders containing fulldata.gdx or non_optimal.gdx
   # For coupled runs please use the outcommented text block below
 
-  dirs <- sub("/fulldata.gdx","",sub("./output/","",Sys.glob(file.path(folder,"*","fulldata.gdx"))))
+  dirs <- sub("/(non_optimal|fulldata).gdx","",sub("./output/","",Sys.glob(c(file.path(folder,"*","non_optimal.gdx"),file.path(folder,"*","fulldata.gdx")))))
 
   # DK: The following outcommented lines are specially made for listing results of coupled runs
   #runs <- findCoupledruns(folder)
diff --git a/start_bundle_coupled.R b/start_bundle_coupled.R
index f8f5d49b855cc4e8d0285beaf3db92e6e59b8fd5..e4fe8a8c27b6841f83643035138806661644117f 100644
--- a/start_bundle_coupled.R
+++ b/start_bundle_coupled.R
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ for(scen in common){
   }
 
   if (start_now){
-      if (!exists("test")) system(paste0("sbatch --qos=priority --job-name=",runname," --output=",runname,".log --mail-type=END --comment=REMIND-MAgPIE --tasks-per-node=",nr_of_regions," --wrap=\"Rscript start_coupled.R coupled_config=",runname,".RData\""))
+      # Start SSP2-Base and SSP2-NDC as priority jobs since ALL subsequent runs depend on them
+      qos <- ifelse(grepl("SSP2-(NDC|Base)",runname),"priority","short")
+      if (!exists("test")) system(paste0("sbatch --qos=",qos," --job-name=",runname," --output=",runname,".log --mail-type=END --comment=REMIND-MAgPIE --tasks-per-node=",nr_of_regions," --wrap=\"Rscript start_coupled.R coupled_config=",runname,".RData\""))
       else cat("Test mode: run NOT submitted to the cluster\n")
   } else {
      cat(paste0("Run ",runname," will start after preceding run ",prefix_runname,settings_remind[scen,"path_gdx_ref"]," has finished\n"))
diff --git a/start_coupled.R b/start_coupled.R
index 1d74e97e25a9deb038ab3650fbc1a1424e78c023..f799cfe9ab7bcb486cae822d3432eaec182f1852 100644
--- a/start_coupled.R
+++ b/start_coupled.R
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ start_coupled <- function(path_remind,path_magpie,cfg_rem,cfg_mag,runname,max_it
   #start subsequent runs via sbatch
   for(run in cfg_rem$subsequentruns){
     cat("Submitting subsequent run",run,"\n")
-    system(paste0("sbatch --qos=priority --job-name=C_",run," --output=C_",run,".log --mail-type=END --comment=REMIND-MAgPIE --tasks-per-node=",nr_of_regions," --wrap=\"Rscript start_coupled.R coupled_config=C_",run,".RData\""))
+    # Start SSP2-Base and SSP2-NDC as priority jobs since ALL subsequent runs depend on them
+    qos <- ifelse(grepl("SSP2-(NDC|Base)",run),"priority","short")
+    system(paste0("sbatch --qos=",qos," --job-name=C_",run," --output=C_",run,".log --mail-type=END --comment=REMIND-MAgPIE --tasks-per-node=",nr_of_regions," --wrap=\"Rscript start_coupled.R coupled_config=C_",run,".RData\""))
   }
   
   # Read runtime of ALL coupled runs (not just the current scenario) and produce comparison pdf