diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index c3ce9979..4e5c8150 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Added: task ID to STopoRuntimeTask and collection ID to STopoRuntimeCollection.
 ### dds-session
 Modified: improved default SID storage and handling. (GH-318)      
 
+### dds-slurm-plugin
+Fixed: use `--` option for `sbatch` which is required for contanerized execution.    
+
 ## v3.4 (2020-07-01)
 
 ### DDS common
diff --git a/plugins/dds-submit-slurm/src/dds-submit-slurm-worker b/plugins/dds-submit-slurm/src/dds-submit-slurm-worker
index 8c14f409..61ad6d80 100755
--- a/plugins/dds-submit-slurm/src/dds-submit-slurm-worker
+++ b/plugins/dds-submit-slurm/src/dds-submit-slurm-worker
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [ "$RMS_SANDBOX" != "$WORK_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 
 logMsg "Submitting DDS Job on the SLURM cluster..."
-JOB_ID=$(sbatch --job-name dds_agent_  $RMS_SANDBOX/job.slurm)
+JOB_ID=$(sbatch --job-name dds_agent_ -- $RMS_SANDBOX/job.slurm)
 if (( $? != 0 )) ; then
 	logMsg "Error: Failed to submit SLURM job ($?)"
 	exit $?