diff --git a/anduril/slurm-cake b/anduril/slurm-cake
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..54912a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anduril/slurm-cake
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -z "$2" ] && { echo 'Usage: $0 "file" "some" "command" 
+  Runs the command when file exists. waits for max 5 minutes'
+    return
+}
+
+fname="$1"
+shift 1
+otime=1
+while :
+do  [ -e "$fname" ] || {
+        echo -n "File: $fname not found! "
+        date
+    }
+    [ -e "$fname" ] && {
+        break
+    }
+    otime=$(( $otime + 1 ))
+    sleep 1
+    [ $otime -gt 300 ] && {
+       echo "File $fname still missing after 5 minutes!"
+       exit 1
+    }
+done 
+
+eval "$@"
diff --git a/anduril/slurm-maxfree b/anduril/slurm-maxfree
index 4ab00e6..6e8edc0 100755
--- a/anduril/slurm-maxfree
+++ b/anduril/slurm-maxfree
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ fi
 
 echo "The job file is in $JOBFILE"
 # send the job
-srun --nodelist=${NODELIST[$INDEX]} "$JOBFILE"
+srun --nodelist=${NODELIST[$INDEX]} slurm-cake "$JOBFILE"
diff --git a/anduril/slurm-random b/anduril/slurm-random
index 1d6e7ff..10667a6 100755
--- a/anduril/slurm-random
+++ b/anduril/slurm-random
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "The job file is in $JOBFILE"
 # send the job
-srun --nodelist=${NODELIST[$INDEX]} "$JOBFILE"
+srun --nodelist=${NODELIST[$INDEX]} slurm-cake "$JOBFILE"
 
 wait