diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57036e7..71e225d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The snakemake workflow will fail upon error. Once an issue is resolved, it can b
 - Snakemake
 - shiver 1.5.8 (and associated prerequisites) *
 
-The pipeline has been tested on a Linux environment using an SGE cluster.
+The pipeline has been tested on a Linux environment using a Slurm Workload Manager.
 
 The project relies on a Kraken 2 database, which is not yet part of this repo so this solution is not currently (standalone) portable.
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module load python/2.7.11
 
 1. Execute the Snakemake workflow.
 
-   A script has been provided to submit the job to an SGE cluster: `./snakemake/submit.sh`
+   A script has been provided to submit the job to a Slurm Workload Manager: `./snakemake/submit.sh`
    
    Further information about executing Snakemake can be found in the documentation (https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
 
diff --git a/snakemake/submit.sh b/snakemake/submit.sh
index 5fbbc33..246facc 100755
--- a/snakemake/submit.sh
+++ b/snakemake/submit.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ check_file_exists() {
 
 run() {
   "$(which snakemake)" \
-    --cluster "$(which qsub) -cwd -P {params.project} -q {params.queues} -pe shmem {params.cores} -o /dev/null -j y -v PATH={params.conda_bin}:$PATH -S /bin/bash" \
+    --cluster "$(which sbatch) -A {params.project} -p {params.queues} --cpus-per-task={params.cores} -o /dev/null" \
     --jobs 50 \
     --jn "{rulename}_${PLATE_ID}.{jobid}.sh" \
     --use-conda \