diff --git a/MooreScripts/scripts/testbench.py b/MooreScripts/scripts/testbench.py
index 117aae0ac7670fab131b8a3b52acfcaabcb5a6f7..1340570063df920771dffeaf6ef8bb66bf25a97e 100755
--- a/MooreScripts/scripts/testbench.py
+++ b/MooreScripts/scripts/testbench.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
 parser.add_argument(
     "--tfdb-nfiles",
     type=int,
+    default=1,
     help="Number of files to download from the TestFileDB entry",
 )
 parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/MooreScripts/tests/qmtest/hlt1runchange.qmt b/MooreScripts/tests/qmtest/hlt1runchange.qmt
index c1e1cb5c38aa87623fb2aed88d30af89a32d1785..ab15357e508b6b06081a0e8a38f097708d6dd653 100644
--- a/MooreScripts/tests/qmtest/hlt1runchange.qmt
+++ b/MooreScripts/tests/qmtest/hlt1runchange.qmt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Run an HLT1 job in the Online testbench
   <text>--working-dir=hlt1runchange</text>
   <text>--partition=TESTHLT1RC</text>
   <text>--test-file-db-key=2024_mep_292860_run_change_test</text>
+  <text>--tfdb-nfiles=2</text>
   <text>--hlt-type=config.git:0x10000001</text>
   <text>--tck-from-odin</text>
   <text>--measure-throughput=0</text>