diff --git a/conf/jobs.yaml b/conf/jobs.yaml
index d8745c4c0a27ccdb811ce4a03e165acf4bda9948..e819cb38c24763502c4d764230a73de3a8fb7870 100644
--- a/conf/jobs.yaml
+++ b/conf/jobs.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ JOBS:
         WALLCLOCK: 01:00
         RUNNING: chunk
         PROCESSORS: 16
-        CUSTOM_DIRECTIVES: ["#SBATCH -N 2", "export OMPI_MCA_btl_tcp_if_include='10.0.0.0/8'"]
+        CUSTOM_DIRECTIVES: ["#SBATCH -N 2", 'export OMPI_MCA_btl_tcp_if_include="10.0.0.0/8"']
 
     TRANSFER:
         FILE: templates/transfer.sh