diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst
index 5d7fc8eac9eb334b9d7845fb83bd0fa34791e51f..a618c2414ca8dbc643496c212848b1bdc044d71f 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ python file of the form::
     # Also try to output the report to an out_folder defined by the notebook
     try_report_to_output = True
 
-    # The SLURM partition to use
-    slurm_partion = "exfel"
+    # the command to run this concurrently. It is prepended to the actual call
+    launcher_command = "sbatch -p exfel -t 24:00:00 --mem 500G --mail-type END --requeue --output {temp_path}/slurm-%j.out"
     
 A comment is given for the meaning of each configuration parameter.
 
diff --git a/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py b/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
index c5d7f673bd77d0a420c042023893c60dc8b27f91..c4e7335d9a50db4c58dc153dbf8f1575cf3eae97 100755
--- a/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
+++ b/xfel_calibrate/calibrate.py
@@ -269,9 +269,7 @@ def concurrent_run(temp_path, nb, nbname, args, cparm=None, cval=None,
         os.chmod("{}/finalize.sh".format(temp_path), all_stats)
     # then run an sbatch job
     if not sequential:
-        srun_base = ["sbatch", "-p", slurm_partion, "-t", "24:00:00",
-                     "--mem", "500G", "--mail-type", "END", "--requeue",
-                     "--output", "{}/slurm-%j.out".format(temp_path)]
+        srun_base = launcher_command.format(temp_path=temp_path).split()
     else:
         srun_base = []
         
diff --git a/xfel_calibrate/settings.py b/xfel_calibrate/settings.py
index 01c32cd70a0637a216c88a7d8ef713472711cba0..df716b905f77f767bffcd88316d27e7896db44dd 100644
--- a/xfel_calibrate/settings.py
+++ b/xfel_calibrate/settings.py
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ report_path = "{}/calibration_reports/".format(os.getcwd())
 # Also try to output the report to an out_folder defined by the notebook
 try_report_to_output = True
 
-# The SLURM partition to use
-slurm_partion = "exfel"
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+# the command to run this concurrently. It is prepended to the actual call
+launcher_command = "sbatch -p exfel -t 24:00:00 --mem 500G --mail-type END --requeue --output {temp_path}/slurm-%j.out"
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