diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index 5db922bc45c188a247c5f6f6e5b0e5526a08ecf6..216be8f4e180e988e50a61fe1685b76bff21abbf 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,20 @@ export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/subread-1.4.6-p3-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
 #export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/STAR/STAR-STAR_2.4.1d/source:$PATH
 export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/STAR-2.5.0b/source:$PATH
 
-export PATH=$PATH:/projects/bioinfo/scripts/joblist_v0.5-SNAPSHOT
-#export PATH=/projects/bioinfo/scripts/joblist_v0.5-SNAPSHOT:$PATH
-#eval "$(jl shortcuts)"
+
+## add cluster job manager
+export PATH=/projects/bioinfo/scripts/joblist_v0.5:$PATH
+
+## backward compatibility wrappers for old shell cluster utils
+joblist(){
+  jl add $*
+}
+export -f joblist
+
+wait4jobs(){
+  jl wait $*
+}
+export -f wait4jobs
 
 ## also add spinr
 export PATH=$PATH:/projects/bioinfo/scripts/spinr