diff --git a/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py b/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py
index 07ff9a86ed08e762c5de93064d6839ec7bd2fd0e..e250756b94ea149c6f969beade941b8d48f1bda5 100755
--- a/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py
+++ b/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Slurm(object):
     self._runCommand("scancel --jobname %s" % (jobName,))
 
   def isQueuedOrRunning(self, jobName):
-    stdout = self._runCommand("sacct --starttime=2016-01-01 --noheader --parsable2 --format=jobid --name=%s --state=PENDING,CONFIGURING,RUNNING,RESIZING,COMPLETING,SUSPENDED" % (jobname,))
+    stdout = self._runCommand("sacct --starttime=2016-01-01 --noheader --parsable2 --format=jobid --name=%s --state=PENDING,CONFIGURING,RUNNING,RESIZING,COMPLETING,SUSPENDED" % (jobName,))
 
     return stdout != ""