diff --git a/util/cron/test-email.bash b/util/cron/test-email.bash
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Test hellos with chpl built with jemalloc allocator
+
+CWD=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}) ; pwd)
+source $CWD/common.bash
+
+export CHPL_HOST_MEM="jemalloc"
+export CHPL_NIGHTLY_TEST_CONFIG_NAME="test-email"
+
+$CWD/nightly -cron -hellos ${nightly_args}
+exit $?  
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