diff --git a/hpc/run_merge_biomedical_function.sl b/hpc/run_merge_biomedical_function.sl
index 77e4117..30cbd05 100644
--- a/hpc/run_merge_biomedical_function.sl
+++ b/hpc/run_merge_biomedical_function.sl
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #SBATCH --output=%j.out
 #SBATCH --error=%j.err
 #SBATCH -N 1
+#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END
+#SBATCH --mail-user=MJoachimiak@lbl.gov
 
 # conda activate kg-microbe-merge
 
diff --git a/hpc/run_merge_function.sl b/hpc/run_merge_function.sl
index 8581eb0..b0aecac 100644
--- a/hpc/run_merge_function.sl
+++ b/hpc/run_merge_function.sl
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #SBATCH --output=%j.out
 #SBATCH --error=%j.err
 #SBATCH -N 1
+#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END
+#SBATCH --mail-user=MJoachimiak@lbl.gov
 
 # conda activate kg-microbe-merge
 module load python/3.10
diff --git a/hpc/run_parallel_merge.sl b/hpc/run_parallel_merge.sl
index 11e4924..1220e4d 100644
--- a/hpc/run_parallel_merge.sl
+++ b/hpc/run_parallel_merge.sl
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #SBATCH --error=parallel_merge_%A_%a.err
 #SBATCH --array=0-1
 #SBATCH -N 1
+#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END
+#SBATCH --mail-user=MJoachimiak@lbl.gov
 
 module load python/3.10
 # conda activate kg-microbe-merge