diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index 8256d68d3661ef0b23483ec630b76a394964bc5e..3b2483e2c09a066c4ef8541d41468860ee1d56f0 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ echo $gtfFile $bamsSplit | tr "," " "  | xargs ls -la
 
 cdCmd="cuffdiff -L $labels -o . -p 10 $gtfFile $bamsSplit"
 echo "cuffdiff cmd is: $cdCmd"
-eval $cdCmd
-#mysub "${project}__cuffdiff" "$cdCmd"  -q long -n 4 -R span[hosts=1] | blockScript
+#eval $cdCmd
+mysub "${project}__cuffdiff" "$cdCmd"  -q long -n 4 -R span[hosts=1] | blockScript
 
 
 ## create a cuffdiff db using cummerbund in a temporary directory to avoid locking problems