diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 866a3f1..0110b42 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ setup_audit: false
 run_audit: false
 # Run heavy tests - some tests can have more impact on a system enabling these can have greater impact on a system
 audit_run_heavy_tests: true
+# Ability to limit the number of concurrent processes used by goss (default 50)
+audit_max_concurrent: 50
 
 ## Only run Audit do not remediate
 audit_only: false
diff --git a/tasks/LE_audit_setup.yml b/tasks/LE_audit_setup.yml
index 53293e7..d784dc1 100644
--- a/tasks/LE_audit_setup.yml
+++ b/tasks/LE_audit_setup.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-
 - name: Pre Audit Setup | Set audit package name
   block:
     - name: Pre Audit Setup | Set audit package name | 64bit
diff --git a/tasks/post_remediation_audit.yml b/tasks/post_remediation_audit.yml
index 357a23f..5e9419c 100644
--- a/tasks/post_remediation_audit.yml
+++ b/tasks/post_remediation_audit.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 - name: Post Audit | Run post_remediation {{ benchmark }} audit  # noqa name[template]
-  ansible.builtin.shell: "umask 0022 && {{ audit_conf_dir }}/run_audit.sh -v {{ audit_vars_path }} -f {{ audit_format }} -o {{ post_audit_outfile }} -g \"{{ group_names }}\""  # noqa yaml[line-length]
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "umask 0022 && {{ audit_conf_dir }}/run_audit.sh -v {{ audit_vars_path }} -f {{ audit_format }} -m {{ audit_max_concurrent }} -o {{ post_audit_outfile }} -g \"{{ group_names }}\""  # noqa yaml[line-length]
   changed_when: true
   environment:
     AUDIT_BIN: "{{ audit_bin }}"
diff --git a/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml b/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml
index ff6aad0..dd9efb4 100644
--- a/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml
+++ b/tasks/pre_remediation_audit.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     - name: Pre Audit Setup | If audit ensure goss is available
       when: not prelim_goss_available.stat.exists
       ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: prelim_goss_available['stat']['exists'] == true
         msg: "Audit has been selected: unable to find goss binary at {{ audit_bin }}"
 
 - name: Pre Audit Setup | Copy ansible default vars values to test audit
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
     mode: 'go-rwx'
 
 - name: Pre Audit | Run pre_remediation audit {{ benchmark }}  # noqa name[template]
-  ansible.builtin.shell: "umask 0022 && {{ audit_conf_dir }}/run_audit.sh -v {{ audit_vars_path }} -f {{ audit_format }} -o {{ pre_audit_outfile }} -g \"{{ group_names }}\""  # noqa yaml[line-length]
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "umask 0022 && {{ audit_conf_dir }}/run_audit.sh -v {{ audit_vars_path }} -f {{ audit_format }} -m {{ audit_max_concurrent }} -o {{ pre_audit_outfile }} -g \"{{ group_names }}\"" # noqa yaml[line-length]
   changed_when: true
   environment:
     AUDIT_BIN: "{{ audit_bin }}"