diff --git a/slate/slate.py b/slate/slate.py
index 265ff67..5bf5463 100644
--- a/slate/slate.py
+++ b/slate/slate.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Slate():
     def run_slurm(self, filename, name):
         assert slurm_avaible, 'pyslurm does not seem to be installed on this system.'
         config = self.load_config(filename, name)
-        slurmC = self.consume(config, 'slurm', True)
+        slurmC = self.consume(config, 'slurm', expand=True)
         schedC = self.consume(config, 'scheduler')
         s_name = self.consume(slurmC, 'name')
 
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ class Slate():
         parser.add_argument("-w", "--worker", action="store_true")
         parser.add_argument("-j", "--job_id", default=None, type=int)
 
+        print('I have job_id ', args.job_id)
+
         args = parser.parse_args()
 
         if args.worker: