diff --git a/bin/slurm_calibrate.sh b/bin/slurm_calibrate.sh
index 700f21c8939dfae81f99da12df718c56726ccbc1..2d8dfccbf3a596ab23c8fa329b14c05bd224f88f 100755
--- a/bin/slurm_calibrate.sh
+++ b/bin/slurm_calibrate.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ echo "notebook: $notebook"
 echo "detector: $detector"
 echo "caltype: $caltype"
 echo "cluster_cores: $cluster_cores"
-echo "job ID: $SLURM_JOB_ID"
+echo "job ID: ${SLURM_JOB_ID:-none}"
 
 export CAL_NOTEBOOK_NAME="$notebook"
 
diff --git a/bin/slurm_finalize.sh b/bin/slurm_finalize.sh
index c0f632dd8c7603ad5c87d1cf04f4e1dc469601b2..9eaf9a73581d5861f3fba2005324de0542e1a4f0 100644
--- a/bin/slurm_finalize.sh
+++ b/bin/slurm_finalize.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ echo "Running with the following parameters:"
 echo "Python path: $python_path"
 echo "Correction temp dir: $temp_dir"
 echo "finalize script: $finalize_script"
-echo "job ID: $SLURM_JOB_ID"
+echo "job ID: ${SLURM_JOB_ID:-none}"
 
 # set-up enviroment
 source /etc/profile.d/modules.sh