diff --git a/da/platform/cartesius.py b/da/platform/cartesius.py
index 419e23c8451c1bba335ce86ae885f7baf69fe06a..c55340e9e38a15ffbc7630e13555835f707ae2fe 100755
--- a/da/platform/cartesius.py
+++ b/da/platform/cartesius.py
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ class CartesiusPlatform(Platform):
                    """## This is a set of dummy names, to be replaced by values from the dictionary \n""" + \
                    """## Please make your own platform specific template with your own keys and place it in a subfolder of the da package.\n """ + \
                    """## \n""" + \
-                   """#$ -J jobname \n""" + \
-                   """#$ -p normal \n""" + \
-                   """#$ -n jobnodes \n""" + \
-                   """#$ -t jobtime \n""" + \
-                   """#$ -o joblog \n""" + \
+                   """#SBATCH -J jobname \n""" + \
+                   """#SBATCH -p normal \n""" + \
+                   """#SBATCH -n jobnodes \n""" + \
+                   """#SBATCH -t jobtime \n""" + \
+                   """#SBATCH -o joblog \n""" + \
                    """module load python\n""" + \
 		   """\n"""
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class CartesiusPlatform(Platform):
             print 'jobid', jobid
         else:
             cmd = ["sbatch", jobfile]
-            logging.info("A new task will be started (%s)" % cmd)
+            logging.info("A new job will be submitted (%s)" % cmd)
             output = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]  ; logging.info(output)
             jobid = output.split()[-1]