diff --git a/bedpostx b/bedpostx
index 9a20960e55ac95868c559ec4e1d7416bbaced8cd..e1ee2a267884548302f4fdb68c243d645e567b7d 100755
--- a/bedpostx
+++ b/bedpostx
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #   SHCOPYRIGHT
 
 if [ "x$SGE_ROOT" = "x" ] ; then
-  if [ -f /usr/local/share/sge-6.0/default/common/settings.sh ] ; then
-    . /usr/local/share/sge-6.0/default/common/settings.sh
-  else if [ -f /usr/local/sge-6/default/common/settings.sh ] ; then
-      . /usr/local/sge-6/default/common/settings.sh
+  if [ -f /usr/local/share/sge/default/common/settings.sh ] ; then
+    . /usr/local/share/sge/default/common/settings.sh
+  else if [ -f /usr/local/sge/default/common/settings.sh ] ; then
+      . /usr/local/sge/default/common/settings.sh
     else
       echo "bedpostX: Fatal error: couldn\'t locate SGE_ROOT\!"
       exit 255
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Usage() {
     echo "-w (ARD weight, more weight means less fibres killed per voxel, default 1)"
     echo "-b (burnin period, default 1000)"
     echo ""
-    exit
+    exit 1
 }
 
 make_absolute(){
@@ -104,35 +104,30 @@ mkdir -p ${subjdir}.bedpostX/xfms
 
 mailto=`whoami`@fmrib.ox.ac.uk
 echo Queuing preprocessing stages
-preprocid=`qsub -M $mailto -V -q short.q \
-    -o ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs -e ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs \
-    ${FSLDIR}/bin/sge_bedpostX_preproc.sh ${subjdir} | \
-    awk '{print $3}'`
+preprocid=`${FSLDIR}/bin/fsl_sub -F -l ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs ${FSLDIR}/bin/sge_bedpostX_preproc.sh ${subjdir}`
 
 echo Queuing parallel processing stage
-echo I am using this file
 nslices=`avwval ${subjdir}/data dim3`
-bedpostid=`qsub -M $mailto -hold_jid $preprocid -V -q long.q -t 1-$nslices \
-    -o ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs -e ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs \
-    ${FSLDIR}/bin/sge_bedpostX_single_slice.sh $subjdir $nfibres $fudge $burnin | \
-    awk '{print $3}' | awk -F. '{print $1}'`
+[ -f ${subjdir}.bedpostX/commands.txt ] && rm ${subjdir}.bedpostX/commands.txt
+for ((slice=0; slice < $nslices; slice++)) ; do
+    echo "${FSLDIR}/bin/sge_bedpostX_single_slice.sh $subjdir $nfibres $fudge $burnin $slice" \
+	>> ${subjdir}.bedpostX/commands.txt
+done
+bedpostid=`${FSLDIR}/bin/fsl_sub -j $preprocid -l ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs -M $mailto -N bedpostx -t ${subjdir}.bedpostX/commands.txt`
 
 echo Queuing post processing stage
-mergeid=`qsub -M $mailto -hold_jid $bedpostid -V -q short.q \
-    -o ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs -e ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs \
-    ${FSLDIR}/bin/sge_bedpostX_postproc.sh $subjdir | \
-    awk '{print $3}'`
+mergeid=`${FSLDIR}/bin/fsl_sub -j $bedpostid -F -l ${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs ${FSLDIR}/bin/sge_bedpostX_postproc.sh $subjdir`
 
 echo
 echo Type ${subjdir}.bedpostX/monitor to show progress.
 cat <<EOM > ${subjdir}.bedpostX/monitor
-# #!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 finished=0
 logdir=${subjdir}.bedpostX/logs
 while [ \$finished -eq 0 ] ; do
     nfin=0
     if [ -f \$logdir/bedpost.o$bedpostid.1 ] ; then
-      nfin=\`cat \$logdir/bedpostX.o$bedpostid.* |\
+      nfin=\`cat \$logdir/bedpostx.o$bedpostid.* |\
         grep Done | wc -w | awk '{print \$1}'\` 
     fi
     if [ \$nfin -eq $nslices ] ; then
@@ -145,9 +140,9 @@ done
 EOM
 chmod +x ${subjdir}.bedpostX/monitor
 
-echo Type ${subjdir}.bedpostX/cancel to terminate the task.
+echo Type ${subjdir}.bedpostX/cancel to terminate all the queued tasks.
 cat <<EOC > ${subjdir}.bedpostX/cancel
-# #!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 qdel $mergeid $bedpostid $preprocid
 EOC
 chmod +x ${subjdir}.bedpostX/cancel
diff --git a/bedpostx_postproc.sh b/bedpostx_postproc.sh
index fb5b3bc9f1a0edf3a30ff408af98cf9c6fb76288..43558a0013d027246a65dd661fe5bec72d597707 100755
--- a/bedpostx_postproc.sh
+++ b/bedpostx_postproc.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-subjdir=$1
-
+#$ -cwd
+#$ -q short.q
 #$ -S /bin/sh
 #$ -V
 #$ -N bpx_postproc
 #$ -m ae
 
+subjdir=$1
 
 numfib=`${FSLDIR}/bin/imglob -oneperimage ${subjdir}.bedpostX/diff_slices/data_slice_0000/f*samples |wc -w`
 
-
-fib=1;
-while [ $fib -le $numfib ];do
+for ((fib=1; fib<=$numfib; fib++));do
     ${FSLDIR}/bin/avwmerge -z ${subjdir}.bedpostX/merged_th${fib}samples `${FSLDIR}/bin/imglob -oneperimage ${subjdir}.bedpostX/diff_slices/data_slice_*/th${fib}samples`
     ${FSLDIR}/bin/avwmerge -z ${subjdir}.bedpostX/merged_ph${fib}samples `${FSLDIR}/bin/imglob -oneperimage ${subjdir}.bedpostX/diff_slices/data_slice_*/ph${fib}samples`
     ${FSLDIR}/bin/avwmerge -z ${subjdir}.bedpostX/merged_f${fib}samples  `${FSLDIR}/bin/imglob -oneperimage ${subjdir}.bedpostX/diff_slices/data_slice_*/f${fib}samples`
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ while [ $fib -le $numfib ];do
     ${FSLDIR}/bin/avwmaths ${subjdir}.bedpostX/merged_f${fib}samples -Tmean ${subjdir}.bedpostX/mean_f${fib}samples
 
     ${FSLDIR}/bin/make_dyadic_vectors ${subjdir}.bedpostX/merged_th${fib}samples ${subjdir}.bedpostX/merged_ph${fib}samples ${subjdir}.bedpostX/nodif_brain_mask ${subjdir}.bedpostX/dyads${fib}
-
-    fib=`echo "$fib +1"|bc`;
 done
 
 echo Removing intermediate files
diff --git a/bedpostx_preproc.sh b/bedpostx_preproc.sh
index b848aae47b64450d4602c4f4d39ae749a4b275c4..1bf5a061c25f84bf92db9e841eceab554c49c621 100755
--- a/bedpostx_preproc.sh
+++ b/bedpostx_preproc.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-subjdir=$1
-
+#$ -cwd
+#$ -q short.q
 #$ -S /bin/sh
 #$ -V
 #$ -N bpx_preproc
-#$ -m a
+#$ -m as
+
+subjdir=$1
 
 echo Copying files to bedpost directory
 cp ${subjdir}/bvecs ${subjdir}/bvals ${subjdir}.bedpostX
diff --git a/bedpostx_single_slice.sh b/bedpostx_single_slice.sh
index c6c96d389c3c8d823f5fd000146f130d8a88ddfc..ab89276f7ed1c517adbe79e2c4ec9d7997488fe4 100755
--- a/bedpostx_single_slice.sh
+++ b/bedpostx_single_slice.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-subjdir=$1
-slice=`expr $SGE_TASK_ID - 1`
-slicezp=`${FSLDIR}/bin/zeropad $slice 4`
-
-#$ -cwd -q long.q
+#$ -cwd 
+#$ -q long.q
 #$ -S /bin/sh
-#$ -V -N bedpostX
+#$ -V
+#$ -N bedpostx
 #$ -m a
+#$ -o $1.bedpostX/logs -e $1.bedpostX/logs
+
+subjdir=$1
+nfibres=$2
+fudge=$3
+bi=$4
+slice=$5
+
+slicezp=`${FSLDIR}/bin/zeropad $slice 4`
 
 ${FSLDIR}/bin/xfibres\
  --data=$subjdir/data_slice_$slicezp\
  --mask=$subjdir/nodif_brain_mask_slice_$slicezp\
  -b $subjdir/bvals -r $subjdir/bvecs\
  --forcedir --logdir=$subjdir.bedpostX/diff_slices/data_slice_$slicezp\
- --fudge=$3 --nj=5000 --bi=$4 --se=100 --upe=24 --nfibres=$2 > $subjdir.bedpostX/logs/log$slicezp  && echo Done
+ --fudge=$fudge --nj=5000 --bi=$bi --se=100 --upe=24 --nfibres=$nfibres > $subjdir.bedpostX/logs/log$slicezp  && echo Done