diff --git a/apply_events.py b/apply_events.py
index ec603df0..33d87ecf 100644
--- a/apply_events.py
+++ b/apply_events.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def parse_args():
         "-b",
         "--batch_size",
         type=int,
-        default=8,
+        default=4,
         help="Batch size to process input images to events",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -127,11 +127,10 @@ def parse_args():
         + " In particular it must contain opts.yaml and checkpoints/",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-t",
-        "--time",
+        "--no_time",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
-        help="Binary flag to time operations or not. Defaults to False.",
+        help="Binary flag to prevent the timing of operations.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-m",
@@ -175,11 +174,11 @@ def parse_args():
         help="Do not check for existing outdir",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-c",
-        "--cloudy",
+        "--no_cloudy",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
-        help="Use the cloudy intermediate image to create the flood image",
+        help="Prevent the use of the cloudy intermediate"
+        + " image to create the flood image",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--keep_ratio_128",
@@ -210,6 +209,7 @@ def parse_args():
 
     batch_size = args.batch_size
     half = args.half
+    cloudy = not args.no_cloudy
     images_paths = Path(args.images_paths).expanduser().resolve()
     bin_value = args.flood_mask_binarization
     outdir = (
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def parse_args():
         else None
     )
     resume_path = args.resume_path
-    time_inference = args.time
+    time_inference = not args.no_time
     n_images = args.n_images
     xla_purge_samples = args.xla_purge_samples
     if args.keep_ratio_128:
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def parse_args():
                 bin_value=bin_value,
                 half=half,
                 xla=XLA,
-                cloudy=args.cloudy,
+                cloudy=cloudy,
             )
 
             # store events to write after inference loop