diff --git a/da/platform/jet.py b/da/platform/jet.py
index 5194f1c4cf34c6a208584b575a11f7aaae1bfaa8..50a0f47f97e0651820af8209e572da093185c217 100755
--- a/da/platform/jet.py
+++ b/da/platform/jet.py
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ class JetPlatForm(PlatForm):
         except:
             return os.getpid()
 
-    def SubmitJob(self,jobfile):                   
+    def SubmitJob(self,jobcommand):                   
         """ This method submits a jobfile to the queue, and returns the queue ID """
         
-        cmd     = ['qsub',jobfile]
+        cmd     = ['qsub',jobcommand]
         output  = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]  ; logging.info(output)
         retcode = output.split()[-1]
 
diff --git a/da/tools/initexit.py b/da/tools/initexit.py
index cf65a06cb5eecb2b20a40afedddcbf08296e4bdc..313e81c5f5f4399016a65d5af55b19490c057939 100755
--- a/da/tools/initexit.py
+++ b/da/tools/initexit.py
@@ -495,10 +495,9 @@ class CycleControl(dict):
     def SubmitNextCycle(self):
         """ 
         Submit the next job of a DA cycle, this consists of 
-            * getting a job template as returned by :meth:`~da.tools.baseclasses.platform.GetJobTemplate`
-            * adding the lines needed to start a next run with a newly created rc-file
-            * Writing the jobfile as done by :meth:`~da.tools.baseclasses.platform.WriteJob`
-            * Submitting the jobfile as done by :meth:`~da.tools.baseclasses.platform.WriteJob`
+            * Changing to the working directory from which the job was started initially
+            * create a line to start the master script again with a newly created rc-file
+            * Submitting the jobfile 
 
         If the end of the cycle series is reached, no new job is submitted.
 
@@ -511,14 +510,9 @@ class CycleControl(dict):
 
         if self['time.start'] < self['time.finish']:
 
-            jobparams               = {'jobname':'das','jobaccount':'co2','jobnodes':'nserial 1','jobtime':'06:00:00','jobshell':'/bin/sh'}
-            template                = DaPlatForm.GetJobTemplate(jobparams)
-            template                += 'cd %s\n'%os.getcwd()
-            template                += '%s rc=%s'% (sys.argv[0], self['da.restart.fname'], ) )
-
-            cd                      = self['time.end'].strftime('%Y%m%d')
-            jobfile                 = DaPlatForm.WriteJob(self,template,'cycle.%s.das'%cd)
-            jobid                   = DaPlatForm.SubmitJob(jobfile) 
+            jobcommand              = '%s rc=%s'% (sys.argv[0], self['da.restart.fname'], ) )
+            dummy                   = os.chdir(self['dir.da_submit'] )
+            jobid                   = DaPlatForm.SubmitJob(jobcommand) 
         else:
             logging.info('Final date reached, no new cycle started')