diff --git a/matlab/parallel/distributeJobs.m b/matlab/parallel/distributeJobs.m
index 9a16c733d..3f6b60356 100644
--- a/matlab/parallel/distributeJobs.m
+++ b/matlab/parallel/distributeJobs.m
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ for i=1:nC
     % Many choices are possible:
     % - ... (see above).
      
-    JobAssignedCpu=floor(JobsForNode(i)/nCPUoriginal(i));
+    JobAssignedCpu=max(1,floor(JobsForNode(i)/nCPUoriginal(i)));
     
     ChekOverFlow=0;
     
diff --git a/matlab/parallel/dynareParallelDeleteNewFiles.m b/matlab/parallel/dynareParallelDeleteNewFiles.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..266ae1950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matlab/parallel/dynareParallelDeleteNewFiles.m
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+function dynareParallelDeleteNewFiles(PRCDir,Parallel,PRCDirSnapshot)
+% PARALLEL CONTEXT
+% In a parallel context, this is a specialized function able to ...
+%
+%
+% INPUTS
+%
+%  o PRCDir           []   ...
+%  o Parallel         []   ...
+%  o PRCDirSnapshot   []   ...
+%
+%
+%  OUTPUTS
+%  o PRCDirSnapshot   []   ...
+%
+%
+%
+% Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Dynare Team
+%
+% This file is part of Dynare.
+%
+% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+NewFilesFromSlaves={};
+
+% try
+for indPC=1:length(Parallel),
+    
+    if Parallel(indPC).Local==0;
+        [NewFilesFromSlaves, PRCDirSnapshot{indPC}]=dynareParallelFindNewFiles(PRCDirSnapshot{indPC},Parallel(indPC), PRCDir);
+        if ~ispc || strcmpi('unix',Parallel(indPC).OperatingSystem),
+            fS='/';
+        else
+            fS='\';
+        end
+
+        if ~isempty(NewFilesFromSlaves)
+
+            for i=1:length(NewFilesFromSlaves)
+                SlashNumberAndPosition=[];
+                PRCDirPosition=findstr(NewFilesFromSlaves{i}, ([PRCDir]));
+                sT=NewFilesFromSlaves{i};
+                sT(1:(PRCDirPosition+length([PRCDir]))-2)=[];
+                sT(1)='.';
+                SlashNumberAndPosition=findstr(sT,fS);
+                fileaddress={sT(1:SlashNumberAndPosition(end)),sT(SlashNumberAndPosition(end)+1:end)};
+                dynareParallelDelete(fileaddress{2},[PRCDir,fS,fileaddress{1}],Parallel(indPC));
+
+                display('New file deleted in remote -->');
+                display(fileaddress{2});
+                display('<--');
+
+            end
+        else
+            continue
+        end
+
+
+    end
+end
+
+
+