diff --git a/submit-pol-job b/submit-pol-job
index ce85bdf7ce2ba0edf35480fba69f31384466eae4..3b429f33c21026be325cd53e46332ed386ed3880 100755
--- a/submit-pol-job
+++ b/submit-pol-job
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 # schedule a policy run on gpfs
 
-$outdir=$1
-$policy=$2
-$nodes=$3
-$cores=$4
-$ram=$5
-$partition=$6
+outdir=$1
+policy=$2
+nodes=$3
+cores=$4
+ram=$5
+partition=$6
 
 DIR=$outdir POLICYFILE=$policy && \
 DIR=$DIR POLICYFILE=$POLICYFILE \