diff --git a/submit_trio_wes_project_checksums.sh b/submit_trio_wes_project_checksums.sh
index 155a0a1409e84cbae297b328660fbacbac37f088..e108b2fde570b188bf3477a8e5643c0ad4babad2 100755
--- a/submit_trio_wes_project_checksums.sh
+++ b/submit_trio_wes_project_checksums.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#SLURM --cpus-per-task=1
-#SLURM --mem=2GB
-#SLURM --time=6:00:00
-#SLURM --job-name=trio_whole_exome_project_checksums
-#SLURM --output=trio_whole_exome_project_checksums.%A.out
-#SLURM --error=trio_whole_exome_project_checksums.%A.err
+#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
+#SBATCH --mem=2GB
+#SBATCH --time=6:00:00
+#SBATCH --job-name=trio_whole_exome_project_checksums
+#SBATCH --output=trio_whole_exome_project_checksums.%A.out
+#SBATCH --error=trio_whole_exome_project_checksums.%A.err
 
 # Expects environment variables to be set
 # PROJECT_ID - e.g. 12345_LastnameFirstname
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ source $CONFIG_SH
 
 # calculate checksums on all files for this project except the families directory
 
+SHORT_PROJECT_ID=`echo $PROJECT_ID | cut -f 1 -d '_'`
+
 cd $OUTPUT_DIR/${SHORT_PROJECT_ID}_${VERSION}
 
 rm md5sum.txt 2> /dev/null