diff --git a/submit.yml.erb b/submit.yml.erb
index 8e9257bda3d65a0f9e94063df9eefab41822892c..646da4103aa067e46e030eab27a4fbffc84da324 100644
--- a/submit.yml.erb
+++ b/submit.yml.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Job submission configuration file
 #
+<%-
+  email = ENV['USER']
+  if !email.include? '@'
+    email = email + '@uab.edu'
+  end
+-%>
 ---
 # This config comes from below URL
 # https://github.com/OSC/bc_example_jupyter/blob/custom_environment/submit.yml.erb
@@ -22,3 +28,7 @@ script:
 <%- if bc_partition.include? "pascalnodes" -%>
     - "--gres=gpu:1"
 <%- end -%>
+<%- if bc_email_on_started == "1" -%>
+    - "--mail-type=BEGIN"
+    - "--mail-user=<%= email %>"
+<%- end -%>