diff --git a/submit-pol-job b/submit-pol-job
index c6d241671277beeab42970e09e7d2d5f8aeb176d..4af941f218dd2be4241efc001fcfcd69cf4856ff 100755
--- a/submit-pol-job
+++ b/submit-pol-job
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ ram=$5
 partition=$6
 filesystem=${7:-scratch}
 time=${8:-60}
+outfile=${9}
 
-DIR=$outdir POLICYFILE=$policy FILESYSTEM=${filesystem} && \
-DIR=$DIR POLICYFILE=$POLICYFILE FILESYSTEM=${FILESYSTEM} \
+DIR=$outdir POLICYFILE=$policy FILESYSTEM=${filesystem} OUTFILE=${outfile} && \
+DIR=$DIR POLICYFILE=$POLICYFILE FILESYSTEM=${FILESYSTEM} OUTFILE=${OUTFILE} \
 sbatch \
    -N $nodes \
    -c $cores \