diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/slurm-submit.py b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/slurm-submit.py
index be9d12b..7a8b199 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/slurm-submit.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/slurm-submit.py
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@
 cmdline.append(slurm_args)
 
 if dependencies:
-    cmdline.append("--dependency")
     # only keep numbers in dependencies list
     dependencies = [ x for x in dependencies if x.isdigit() ]
-    cmdline.append("afterok:" + ",".join(dependencies))
+    cmdline.append("--dependency=afterok:" + ",".join(dependencies))
 
 cmdline.append(jobscript)