diff --git a/slate/slate.py b/slate/slate.py
index 5596927..f4db382 100644
--- a/slate/slate.py
+++ b/slate/slate.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class Slate():
         array = f'0-{last_job_idx}%{num_parallel_jobs}'
         job = pyslurm.JobSubmitDescription(name=s_name, script=script, array=array, **slurmC)
         if self.verify:
-            input(f'<Press enter to submit {num_jobs} to slurm>')
+            input(f'<Press enter to submit {num_jobs} job(s) to slurm>')
         job_id = job.submit()
         print(f'[>] Job submitted to slurm with id {job_id}')
         with open('job_hist.log', 'a') as f:
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class Slate():
 
         Runner = self.runners[runnerName]
 
-        if orig_config.consume('scheduler.bind_agent_to_core', False):
+        if self.consume(orig_config, 'scheduler.bind_agent_to_core', False):
             os.sched_setaffinity(0, [p_ind % os.cpu_count()])
 
         for r in rep_ids: