diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/env_setup/generate_workflow_runscripts.sh b/video_prediction_savp/env_setup/generate_workflow_runscripts.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5871e54d4f518722801c732fb55a759413cd8dd3..d778192b40151ff224e60b39ab4af2b65b88e347
--- a/video_prediction_savp/env_setup/generate_workflow_runscripts.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/env_setup/generate_workflow_runscripts.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fi
 
 # set correct e-mail address in Batch scripts on Juwels and HDF-ML
 if [[ "${HOST_NAME}" == hdfml* || "${HOST_NAME}" == juwels* ]]; then
-  if [ command -v jutil ]; then
+  if ! [[ -z `command -v jutil` ]]; then
     USER_EMAIL=$(jutil user show -o json | grep email | cut -f2 -d':' | cut -f1 -d',' | cut -f2 -d'"')
   else
     USER_EMAIL=""