diff --git a/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py b/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py
index fe5f040b575adae3e4be5dd4fb94056b938cca2e..721b709e92ca6c7221d5ae80792e7875d2f016d6 100755
--- a/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py
+++ b/src/run-policy/run-submit-pol-job.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def main():
     else:
         args['policy'] = './policy-def/list-path-external'
 
-    cmd = "bash -l submit-pol-job -o {outdir} -f {log_prefix} -P {policy} -N {nodes} -c {cores} -p {partition} -t {time} -m {mem_per_cpu} {device}".format(**args)
+    cmd = "./submit-pol-job -o {outdir} -f {log_prefix} -P {policy} -N {nodes} -c {cores} -p {partition} -t {time} -m {mem_per_cpu} {device}".format(**args)
     
     cmd_env = {
         'PATH': "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/18.08.9/bin/:/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/:/usr/bin/"