diff --git a/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job b/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job
index 1589c248ab8f129a99be859047ac8ca9eb731502..d71f91aca50e9bf7dd0df1ab7d1ad56607f4e9df 100755
--- a/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job
+++ b/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ fi
 slurm_out="out/pol-%A-$(basename ${policy})-$(basename ${device}).out"
 mkdir -p out
 
-DIR=$outdir POLICYFILE=$policy FILESYSTEM=${device} OUTFILE=${outfile} && \
-DIR=$DIR POLICYFILE=$POLICYFILE FILESYSTEM=${FILESYSTEM} OUTFILE=${OUTFILE} \
+run_mmpol_cmd="./run-mmpol.sh -o ${outdir} -f ${outfile} -P ${policy} ${device}"
+
 sbatch \
    -N $nodes \
    -c $cores \
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ sbatch \
    --mem-per-cpu=$mem_per_cpu \
    -p $partition \
    -o ${slurm_out} \
-   ./run-mmpol.sh
+   "${run_mmpol_cmd}