Hi Gwenaelle, The subject ordering is alphabetical, and this same ordering is used in the design.mat file. Here is the output with --debug. It fails to progress, although the processor is humming along at 100%. Jay [joel@beast stats]$ randomise -i GM_mod_merg_s3 -o test -m GM_mask -d design.mat -t design.con -n 5000 -T -V --debug randomise options: -i GM_mod_merg_s3 -o test -m GM_mask -d design.mat -t design.con -n 5000 -T -V --debug Loading Data: ********************************************************************** Data loaded Confounds detected. 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