diff --git a/metamorph b/metamorph
index 2a6b4da..230b299 100755
--- a/metamorph
+++ b/metamorph
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ def parsed_arguments(name, description):
 
 
 def main():
-
     # Sanity check for usage
     if len(sys.argv) == 1:
         # Nothing was provided
diff --git a/src/run.sh b/src/run.sh
index cf3d4e8..b531542 100755
--- a/src/run.sh
+++ b/src/run.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function parser() {
       -t  | --tmp-dir) provided "$key" "${2:-}"; Arguments["t"]="$2"; shift; shift;;
       -o  | --outdir)  provided "$key" "${2:-}"; Arguments["o"]="$2"; shift; shift;;
       -c  | --cache)  provided "$key" "${2:-}"; Arguments["c"]="$2"; shift; shift;;
-      -r  | --triggers) provided "$key" "${2:-}"; Arguments["r"]="$2"; shift; shift;;
+      -r  | --triggers) provided "$key" "${2:-}"; Arguments["r"]="${2/,/' '}"; shift; shift;;
       -*  | --*) err "Error: Failed to parse unsupported argument: '${key}'."; usage && exit 1;;
       *) err "Error: Failed to parse unrecognized argument: '${key}'. Do any of your inputs have spaces?"; usage && exit 1;;
     esac
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ function submit(){
           # --printshellcmds --keep-going --rerun-incomplete 
           # --keep-remote --restart-times 3 -j 500 --use-singularity 
           # --singularity-args -B {}.format({bindpaths}) --local-cores 24
-          triggers="${7:-'{code,params,software_env,input,mtime}'}"
-          if [[ ! ${triggers:0:1} == "{" ]] ; then triggers="{$triggers"; fi
-          if [[ ! ${triggers:0-1} == "}" ]] ; then triggers+='}'; fi
+          triggers="${7:-'code params software_env input mtime'}"
           rerun="--rerun-triggers $triggers"
           
           SLURM_DIR="$3/logfiles/slurmfiles"