diff --git a/anduril/slurm b/anduril/slurm
index 6f3159f..f8fc395 100755
--- a/anduril/slurm
+++ b/anduril/slurm
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ do [[ ${!i} == "--possess" ]] && {
       MEM=${argv[$i]}
       unset argv[$(( $i - 1 ))]
       unset argv[$(( $i ))]
+      continue
+   }
+   [[ ${!i} == "--mem="* ]] && {
+      MEM=${argv[$(( $i - 1 ))]#*=}
+      unset argv[$(( $i - 1 ))]
    }
    [[ ${!i} == "-h" ]] && {
       echo -e "$USAGE"