diff --git a/scripts/exobsmon_plot.sh b/scripts/exobsmon_plot.sh
index 2ab17d4..41c5ae1 100755
--- a/scripts/exobsmon_plot.sh
+++ b/scripts/exobsmon_plot.sh
@@ -61,15 +61,18 @@ if compgen -G "${DATA}/OM_PLOT*.yaml" > /dev/null; then
          ;;
 
 	 wcoss2)  
+	    # prepend setup script to $cmdfile
+            echo -e ". ${USHobsmon}/setup_wcoss2.sh\n $(cat ${cmdfile})" > ${cmdfile}
             chmod 775 ${cmdfile}
+
             mem=$((4*${ctr})) 
             echo "submitting ${jobname} on wcoss2, ctr = $ctr, mem = $mem, cmdfile = ${cmdfile}"
-	    cp ${USHobsmon}/runWcoss.sh .
+
 	    ${SUB} -q $JOB_QUEUE -A $ACCOUNT -o ${logfile} -e ${logfile} \
 	        -v "PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}, PATH=${PATH}, HOMEobsmon=${HOMEobsmon}, MODEL=${MODEL}, \
 		    CNTRLobsmon=${CNTRLobsmon}, PARMobsmon=${PARMobsmon}, DATA=${DATA}, \
 		    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}, cmdfile=${cmdfile}, ncpus=${ctr}" \
-                -l place=vscatter,select=1:ncpus=${ctr}:mem=${mem}gb,walltime=1:30:00 -N ${jobname} ./runWcoss.sh
+                -l place=vscatter,select=1:ncpus=${ctr}:mem=${mem}gb,walltime=1:30:00 -N ${jobname} ${cmdfile}
          ;;     
       esac
    fi
diff --git a/ush/runWcoss.sh b/ush/setup_wcoss2.sh
similarity index 85%
rename from ush/runWcoss.sh
rename to ush/setup_wcoss2.sh
index f8243dd..6becb3e 100644
--- a/ush/runWcoss.sh
+++ b/ush/setup_wcoss2.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-st=`date`
-
 module reset
 
 module load libfabric/1.11.0.0.
@@ -18,8 +16,3 @@ export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/lfs/h2/emc/da/noscrub/edward.safford/eva/opt/
 
 if [ ! -z ${PBS_O_WORKDIR} ]; then cd ${PBS_O_WORKDIR}; fi
 
-./${cmdfile}
-
-end=`date`
-echo "start: ${st}"
-echo "end:   ${end}"