diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py b/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py
index 1c81e1fe2c73cbc63447e342f396013091bfe4cf..45555f7a1e015e8bb5a7363caaa022c755a0a96f 100644
--- a/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/config_runscripts/config_utils.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ class Config_runscript_base:
 
         self.long_name_wrk_step = None
         self.rscrpt_tmpl_prefix = None
-        self.suffix_template = "_template.sh"
         self.runscript_template = None
         self.runscript_target   = None
+        self.user = os.getenv("USER").strip()
+        self.suffix_template = "_template" + self.user + ".sh"
         # general to be expected attributes
         self.list_batch_vars = None
         self.dataset = None