diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc2c079..45057fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ The pipeline can also be `reset` following a `halt` action to start it from the
 
 ##  
 
+### Running the pipeline with SLURM
+The action `await` is a blocking process which only returns if the pipeline completes or encounters a task failure.
+
+```
+pipeline await ./example
+```
+This is useful because some schedulers such as SLURM may be unaware that the pipeline is running parallel tasks in the background. By placing a pipeline `await` action at the end of a job script the job is held active until it is fully complete or fails. Please refer to the provided example script "slurm_job_example.sh".
+
 ## Contributing  
 
 If you find a bug, or would like to contribute please raise an issue in the first instance.
diff --git a/example/slurm_job_example.sh b/example/slurm_job_example.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac270dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/slurm_job_example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#SBATCH --job-name simple-example
+#SBATCH --time 00:05:00
+#SBATCH --partition=<partition_name>
+#SBATCH --account=<account_name>
+#SBATCH --mem=50M
+#SBATCH --nodes=1
+#SBATCH --ntasks=1
+#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=2
+#SBATCH --chdir=<pipeline_absolute_path>
+#SBATCH --error=<pipeline_absolute_path>/slurm-%j.%N.err
+#SBATCH --output=<pipeline_absolute_path>/slurm-%j.%N.out
+
+
+source activate
+pipeline reset ./example/
+pipeline execute ./example/
+pipeline await ./example/
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 83b3fb0..5206533 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def get_content(filename):
 setuptools.setup(
   include_package_data=True,
   name='sap',
-  version='1.0.6',
+  version='1.1.0',
   description='simple action pipeline python package',
   author='matscorse',
   author_email='matsco@bas.ac.uk',
diff --git a/src/sap/pipeline.py b/src/sap/pipeline.py
index 867ab63..ae1b0dc 100644
--- a/src/sap/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/sap/pipeline.py
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ def perform_decision(pipeline_type, action, pipeline_fullpath, rebuild, reset, s
                 subprocess.call(["jug", "status", script, extra_arg])
             os.chdir(current)
         
+        elif (action == 'await'):
+
+            current = os.getcwd()
+            os.chdir(pipeline_fullpath + 'workflow-manager')
+            
+            if len(glob.glob('*.py')) == 1:
+                utils.await_success_or_failure(pipeline_fullpath +
+                            'workflow-manager/'+str(glob.glob('*.py')[0]))
+            
+            os.chdir(current)
+
         elif (action == 'execute'):
             current = os.getcwd()
 
@@ -122,6 +133,7 @@ def perform_decision(pipeline_type, action, pipeline_fullpath, rebuild, reset, s
                         time.sleep(0.25)
                     with open(".workers", "a") as w:
                         w.writelines(worker_procs)
+
             os.chdir(current)
         
         elif (action == 'reset'):
@@ -211,8 +223,8 @@ def main():
     
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='perform action with simple-action-pipeline by supplying a pipeline directory')
     parser.add_argument("action", help="Action for the pipeline to perform. \
-                        options are 'build', 'status', 'execute', 'reset', 'halt'.", \
-                            type=str, choices=['build', 'status', 'execute', 'reset', 'halt'])
+                        options are 'build', 'status', 'execute', 'reset', 'halt', 'await'.", \
+                            type=str, choices=['build', 'status', 'execute', 'reset', 'halt', 'await'])
     parser.add_argument("pipeline_directory", help="Pipeline directory to use", nargs="*", default="./")
     parser.add_argument("-d", "--directory", help="Pipeline directory", action="store", dest='pipedir')
     parser.add_argument("-b", "--force-build", help="Force building the pipeline that is already built.", action="store_true", dest='rebuild', default=False)
diff --git a/src/sap/utils.py b/src/sap/utils.py
index 2b825d5..6ecd184 100644
--- a/src/sap/utils.py
+++ b/src/sap/utils.py
@@ -347,3 +347,48 @@ def populate_env_variables(environment_file):
                 os.environ[str(name)] = str(value).strip('"')
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(e)
+
+def await_success_or_failure(jugfilepath):
+    '''
+    A blocking process which will not return until the pipeline
+    tasks all complete successfully OR there is a failure of at
+    least one task.
+    '''
+
+    logger.info("Awaiting completion or failure ...")
+    sleep(5)
+    try:
+        # Load the workers file
+        directory = Path(jugfilepath).parent
+        if os.path.isfile(Path.joinpath(directory, ".workers")):
+            with open(Path.joinpath(directory, ".workers")) as w:
+                workers = w.readlines()
+            workers = ''.join([pid for line in workers for pid in line])
+            workers = [s for s in workers.split(" ") if s]
+            hysteresis = 2
+
+            while True:
+                running_workers = []
+                # Count how many workers are still working
+                for worker in workers:
+                    if psutil.pid_exists(int(worker)):
+                        running_workers.append(worker)
+
+                if len(running_workers) == 0:
+                    logger.info("Pipeline Completed")
+                    break
+                
+                if len(running_workers) < len(workers) and len(running_workers) != 0:
+                    hysteresis -= 1  # At the end of a successful pipeline the workers
+                                     # can take several seconds to gracefully finish
+                    if hysteresis == 0:
+                        logger.info("Pipeline Failure of 1 or more task(s)")
+                        break
+                
+                sleep(10)
+        
+        else:
+            logger.info("Pipeline not running")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(e)
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